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title: Coffin of the Chantress of Amun
author: James Blake Wiener
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8024/coffin-of-the-chantress-of-amun/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Coffin of the Chantress of Amun

_Authored by [James Blake Wiener](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/jbw288/)_

## Image File

[![Coffin of the Chantress of Amun](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8024.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8024.jpg)

## Image Caption

This is the coffin of the "Chantress of [Amun](https://www.worldhistory.org/amun/)," and it dates c. 1070-945 BCE or [Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/egypt/)'s [Third Intermediate Period](https://www.worldhistory.org/Third_Intermediate_Period_of_Egypt/) (c. 1070-712 BCE). It is made of wood with a painted gesso relief. Ancient [Egyptian](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Egyptian/) coffins sheltered remains and provided a home for the deceased's life force, the "ka," as well as the individual's personality, or "ba." The ka and ba rejoined each day at dawn, when the sun rose and [Osiris](https://www.worldhistory.org/osiris/), the [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) of the afterlife, was resurrected. The coffin's interior is adorned with protective spells and figures referencing the gods to ensure safe passage into the afterlife. ([Iris](https://www.worldhistory.org/Iris/) & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Stanford, California)

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## About the Author

James Blake Wiener has a particular interest in cross-cultural exchange and world history. He is a co-founder of World History Encyclopedia and formerly was its Communications Director.
- [Linkedin Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameswiener)

## Cite This Work

### APA
Wiener, J. B. (2018, January 23). Coffin of the Chantress of Amun. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8024/coffin-of-the-chantress-of-amun/>
### Chicago
Wiener, James Blake. "Coffin of the Chantress of Amun." *World History Encyclopedia*, January 23, 2018. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8024/coffin-of-the-chantress-of-amun/>.
### MLA
Wiener, James Blake. "Coffin of the Chantress of Amun." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Jan 2018, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8024/coffin-of-the-chantress-of-amun/>.

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