**Inner Coffin Lid of Iawttayesheret**

PLACE CREATED Egypt, Africa

CULTURE [Egyptian](https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/search/*/objects?filter=culture%3AEgyptian)

PERIOD [Late Period, Dynasty 25](https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/search/*/objects?filter=period%3ALate%20Period%25255C%2C%20Dynasty%2025)

DATE 722-655 BCE

MEDIUM [Wood, gesso, pigment](https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/search/*/objects?filter=medium%3AWood%25255C%2C%20gesso%25255C%2C%20pigment)

CREDIT LINE Charlotte Lichirie Collection of Egyptian Art

DIMENSIONS 66 15/16 x 11 13/16 x 21 1/16 in. (170 x 30 x 53.5 cm)

OBJECT NUMBER 1999.001.008 D

**Label Text**  
This nested set of coffins belonged to a woman named Iawttayesheret. The daughter of Padikhnum and Tadiaset, Iawttayesheret was the Great Follower of the Divine Adoratirce of Amun, and almost certainly resided in Thebes. Both her titles and the high quality of her coffins indicated that Iawttayesheret was a woman of some stature.

**Exhibition History**  
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, July 18, 1999 - January 17, 2000  
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - Present

**Published References**  
Peter Lacovara, "The New Galleries of Egyptian and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum". Minerva, The International Review of Ancient Art and Archaeology. September/October 2001. p. 9-16.

Peter Lacovara & Betsy Teasley Trope. The Realm of Osiris. Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum (2001): 53-55.

MCCM website, Spring 2008-, http://www.carlos.emory.edu/egyptian-nubian

TERMS [coffins](https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/vocabularies/thesaurus/http%3A%252F%252Fnodes.emuseum.com%252F3NLXA44Y%252Fapis%252Femuseum%252Fnetwork%252Fv1%252Fvocabularies%252FtermMaster1613726)[painting (image-making)](https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/vocabularies/thesaurus/http%3A%252F%252Fnodes.emuseum.com%252F3NLXA44Y%252Fapis%252Femuseum%252Fnetwork%252Fv1%252Fvocabularies%252FtermMaster1605473)

**PROVENANCE**  
Ex coll. Niagara Falls Museum, Niagara Falls, Canada. Purchased by MCCM from William Jamieson (1954-2011) \[Golden Chariot Productions\], Toronto, Canada.

STATUS On view

COLLECTIONS Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art

The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University

[https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/19003/inner-coffin-lid-of-iawttayesheret?ctx=eff06a3bb76ef48e4929ad09adf03f94d9d5a566&idx=138](https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/19003/inner-coffin-lid-of-iawttayesheret?ctx=eff06a3bb76ef48e4929ad09adf03f94d9d5a566&idx=138)

Inner Coffin Lid of Iawttayesheret, Dynasty 25 722-655 BCE late period,Wood guesso pigment, The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University