Three [anthropoid](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=65) coffins of the Theban [priest](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=299) Usirmose are known. The exterior coffin is in the Musée Curtius (Eg. 83) in Liège, and the two others are kept in [Brussels](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=95). The larger of the two coffin bears the face of Usirmose, who wears a simple striped wig, and on his chest is a collar. The lid bears a single vertical column of hieroglyphic text; one further line of inscriptions runs round the base. The smaller coffin, in which the [mummy](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=251) was placed, is entirely covered with texts and with representation of a variety of beings and divine objects. A figure of the [goddess](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/God) [Nut](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=275) is to be found on the underside of the lid, while the bottom of the base depicts a [djed-pillar](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=134) (a symbol of [Osiris](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=284)) placed above an '[Isis](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=201) knot'.

|Present location|KMKG - MRAH \[07/003\] [BRUSSELS](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=95)|
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|Inventory number|E.5889|
|Dating|[25TH DYNASTY](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=19) AND CONTEMPORARIES (not before); [26TH DYNASTY](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=20) (not after)|
|Archaeological Site|[DEIR EL-BAHARI](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=127) ?|
|Category|COFFIN/SARCOPHAGUS OF HUMANS|
|Material|[WOOD](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=401)|
|Technique|SCULPTURED; PAINTED ON STUCCO|
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|Width|63 cm|
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# Bibliography

* L. Speleers, Recueil des inscriptions égyptiennes des Musées Royaux du Cinquantenaire à Bruxelles, Bruxelles 1923, 82-83 nº 312
* M.-P. Vanlathem, Oudegyptische lijkkisten en mummies - Cercueils et momies de l'Égypte ancienne, Bruxelles 1983, 18-19
* M. Raven, Mummies onder het mes, Amsterdam 1993, 112

Double coffin of Usirmose