Unpublished Anthropoid Wooden Coffin of Padiatum at Beni-Suief Museum

The ancient Egyptians had paid attention to death and resurrection; They have faced many difficulties, including how they will preserve the body of the deceased, whether through embalming or a safe place for burial, providing the deceased with protection to arrive netherworlds easily. They are found in the coffin their misfortune was the choice of ancient Egyptians, which the mummified corps had been as tool could achieve their goals. This paper aims to study and date an unpublished anthropoid wooden coffin of Padiatum who live during Late Period; it is now preserved at Beni-Suief museum under registration Num 1245. This anthropoid coffin was found during excavation in Sediment el-Gabal. The authors are the first people who will deal to date with this coffin in academic method through iconography and text study. The dating of the coffin has not been identified previously. So, the authors could date this anthropoid wooden coffin based on decorations and texts analyses; the authors will introduce more evidences to prove the argument dating of this anthropoid coffin. Neither surveying nor comparing the decoration and scenes techniques has been done by authors. The paper, then, compared these decoration features on the coffins which are extracted from sediment el-Gabal and results are discussed. This paper is developed using analytical and comparative approaches based on document and decorations analyses. Moreover, major similarities and differences among decoration on this coffin and other techniques have been resulted.