Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Minister State of Antiquities, announced the
discovery of a wooden sarcophagus of a child dated back to 17th
Dynasty in Djehuty’s tomb in Dra Abu el-Naga, West bank, Luxor.
The Spanish mission headed by Dr. Jose Manuel Galan, has discovered
the sarcophagus during the ongoing excavation and documentation of the tomb.
The sarcophagus dimensions 20cm x 28cm x 90cm prove that it was
made for a child. It doesn’t bear any engravings or decoration.
Mansour Boraik mentioned that the mission also found a group of
pottery as well as a number of wooden Ushabiti figures wrapped in linen were
beside the child’s sarcophagus.
They represent Ahmose a priest who played an important role during
the 18th Dynasty. Mansour referred that the same priest could
possibly be the famous Ahmosa Saya Ir who was worshipped later in the New
Kingdom.
More about the
work on Djehuty Project including the work diaries and photo gallery of the
latest discovered objects, please visit The Project site
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