Early Dynastic burial
1st Dynasty, ca. 2900 BC
Bier for a contracted burial. Short beds like this one were used as biers in tombs of the Early Dynastic Period. Traces still remain of the leather thongs used to tie the legs to the frame. Wedges secured the net-like webbing threaded through holes in the frame. The legs imitate a bull’s hoofs; the posts terminate in lotus blossoms.
Bier for a contracted burial. Short beds like this one were used as biers in tombs of the Early Dynastic Period. Traces still remain of the leather thongs used to tie the legs to the frame. Wedges secured the net-like webbing threaded through holes in the frame. The legs imitate a bull’s hoofs; the posts terminate in lotus blossoms.
Time:
1st Dynasty, ca. 2900 BC
Object Name
Stretcher
Culture
Ägyptisch
Location of discovery:
Fundort unbekannt
Material/technology:
Cedar
Dimensions:
H 17 - 18 cm, L 119 cm, B 56 - 58 cm
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Invs.
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 6128
Provenance
1888, gift
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