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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/830/834-12.jpg
Title	Tutankhamen [Tutankhamun], inner coffin, front, slight three-quarter view, standing.
Date	1323 BCE?
Cultural Context	Egyptian Ancient Egyptian African North African Middle Eastern
Style/Period	Egyptian (ancient) New Kingdom (Egyptian) Eighteenth Dynasty
Theme	Sculpture (visual work) Coffins Sarcophagi (coffins) Royal tombs Tombs Deaths Burials Rites of passage Mummies Mummy cases Cases (containers) Containers (receptacles) Metalwork Goldwork Funerary art Funerary sculpture Funerary objects Ceremonial objects Figurative art Figures (representations) Front views Three-quarter views Oblique views Men (male humans) Pharaohs Kings (people) Rulers (people) Royalty Monarchs Monarchy Leaders (people) Costume (mode of fashion) Headdresses Headgear False beards Uraeus Snakes Animals Symbols Regalia Crooks (object genres) Flails (agricultural equipment) Inlays (decorations) Applied decoration Enamels (visual works) Enameling Inscriptions Hieroglyphics Scripts (writing) Patterns (design elements)
Subject	Sculpture Coffins Sarcophagi Tombs & sepulchral monuments Containers Goldwork Metalwork Ceremonial objects Funeral rites & ceremonies Rites & ceremonies Death & burial Dead persons Mummies Men Kings Rulers People associated with politics & government Clothing & dress Headdresses Headgear Beards Cobras Snakes Reptiles Animals Symbols Patterns (Design elements) Inscriptions Hieroglyphics Writing systems
Description	Inner coffin of sarcophagus, from the tomb of Tutankhamen, Valley of the Kings, Egypt.
People Pictured	Tutankhamen, King of Egypt
Material	Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones Gold inlaid with glass and semiprecious stones Gold (metal) Beaten gold Metal Enamel (fused coating) Semiprecious stone Stone (rock) Gemstone Rock Lapis lazuli (rock) Turquoise Quartz (mineral) Carnelian
Measurements	6' 1" long
Technique	Inlay (process) Incising Sculpting Metalworking Enameling Goldsmithing
Work Type	Sculpture Coffins Sarcophagi Funerary objects Ceremonial objects Mummies Mummy cases Metalwork
Repository	Egyptian Museum (Cairo, Egypt)
Source	Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 11th ed. Forth Worth: Harcourt, 2001. (fig.3-36, p.71)
Rights	Photo credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: Boltin Picture Library.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 834-12.jpg
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