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MUMMY SARCOPHAGUS, Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, circa 700-800 BC.

Estimate
30 000 - 40 000 SEK
2 620 - 3 490 EUR
2 740 - 3 650 USD
Hammer price
100 000 SEK
Purchasing info
MUMMY SARCOPHAGUS, Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, circa 700-800 BC.

Wood, of anthropoid model. Length 188, width 52 cm.

Wear, damages, cracks and partly missing some paint.

Provenance

Erik Sidenmark (1918-2008), Official at the Swedish Legation in Cairo 1951-55. Thereafter Counsellor in London and Consul General in Istanbul. Thence by descent.

More information

The lot comprises a document (2014-02-21) from Uppsala University, Ångströmlaboratoriet, with the result of a 14C dating of the sarcophagus showing the age of the lid 2722 (+-30) years, the bottom 2822 (+-30) years.