Sarcophagus lid of Setau at The British Museum, London
Sarcophagus lid of Setau at The British Museum, London
3D
Published 2015-01-30T16:13:16+00:00
This red granite sarcophagus lid would have held Satu. It was made in the Nineteenth Dynasty, about 1230 BC and was discovered in Thebes. The viceroy of Kush Setau was buries in the Theban necropolis. This lid was removed from his tomb by Giobanni Belzoni in 1817.
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| Date published | 30/01/2015 |
| Time to do | 420 - 450 minutes |
| Material Quantity | 56grams |
| Dimensions | 48 x 49 x 125 |
| Complexity | Easy |
| Title | Sarcophagus lid of Setau |
| Date | 1230BC (circa) |
| Dimension | Length: 274.5 centimetres Width: 83 centimetres |
| Accession | EA78 |
| Period | 19th Dynasty |
| Medium | granite |
| Record | http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=177497&partId=1&searchText=Sarcophagus+lid+of+Setau&page=1 |
| Place | British Museum |
Scaled to tabletop size, 40 mm tall.