Abstract
The coffin lid of the XXIst Dynasty priest of Amun, Hori (inv. no. KП 5404/2), from the Egyptian collection of the National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan (Kazan) is published. The artifact, which originally arrived in the Imperial Kazan University Museum in the second quarter of the 19th century, was first briefly attributed by B.A. Turaev, without the publication of images. This lid was mentioned, but also without its photographs, in the fundamental catalogue of Egyptian artifacts in the museums of the former USSR, published in 1998 by O.D. Berlev and S.I. Hodjash. Thus, this artifact has remained practically “invisible” for its further comprehensive study in the context of similar coffins and burial sets of the XXIst Dynasty. This article traces the history of Hori’s coffin lid in the museum’s collection and provides both a description of its decorative program and a transliteration and translation of the hieroglyphic inscriptions. The study has revealed that the coffin lid was an element of the inner coffin, as well as Hori’s titles not attested before, and the presence of a painting on the reverse side of the lid. It was also established that the lid from Kazan bears the greatest resemblance to the outer coffin of the priest Hori from the National Museum of Brazil (inv. nos. 525–526; now lost) which allows us to assume that both artifacts belong to a one and the same burial set.
Keywords
Ancient Egypt, XXIst Dynasty, Yellow Coffins, Hori, National Museum of the Republic of Tatarstan, National Museum of Brazil.