Caption

Several sarcophagi in the Boulaq Museum in Cairo, Egypt, photograph, page, photographer: Hippolyte Délié, Cairo (city), photographer: Emile Béchard, c. 1866 - in or before 1871, Ottoman Empire, North Africa, paper, albumen print, height 195 mm x width 251 mm, permanent exhibition, museum, sarcophagus, Boulaq Museum, A sepia-toned scene showing a collection of carved wooden coffins and funerary objects arranged together, including three anthropoid coffins with stylized faces and headdresses, a rectangular chest with vertical panels, a long sarcophagus-like trough in the foreground, small model figures and animal-shaped objects placed atop the chests, and decorative painted panels on the sides of the furniture.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26B09_145

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Keywords

Several sarcophagi Boulaq Museum Cairo Egypt photograph page photographer Hippolyte Délié city Emile Béchard c 1866 - 1871 Ottoman Empire North Africa paper albumen print height 195 mm x width 251 mm permanent exhibition museum sarcophagus sepia-toned scene showing collection carved wooden coffins funerary objects arranged together three anthropoid coffins stylized faces headdresses rectangular chest vertical panels long sarcophagus- trough foreground small model figures animal-shaped objects placed atop chests decorative painted panels sides furniture