Card/Transcription No.: 255-04

No 255. Third (Innermost) Coffin of Gold. 4

General Design.
In general the decoration of the coffin is of "Rishi" type (i.e.
feathered). Thus it is of similar fashion to the royal Theban
coffins of the Intermediate and Seventeenth Dynasty Periods
In addition to this Rishi decoration over the legs and the sides
of the abdomen are the goddesses Isis (right side) and Nephthys
(left side). Their arms and wings are crossed over the King
symbolical of protective embrace. These, like the rest of the
decoration of this coffin are engraved upon the surface of the
gold. Down the centre of the coffins from about umbilicus
reaching to the feet are two vertical hieroglyphic inscriptions
which read (see note). Auxiliary to the ornamentation already
described and covering the arms, forearms and upper part of the
abdomen are two magnificent winged goddesses - Nekhbet (right)
and Buto (left), which take vulture form and hold in their finely
chased claws the "Shen signs" which are inlaid with