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+category: catalogue
+layout: coffins
+title: Anthropoid coffin of Userhet
+permalink: /coffin-catalogue/E_88_1903
+image: images/catalogue/E_88_1903_ZQ8H3538_2_crop.jpg
+order: 16
+images: 
+  -
+    image: E_88_1903_5_mas.jpg
+    caption: Anthropoid coffin of Userhet
+  -
+    image: E_88_1903_ZQ8H3538_2.jpg
+    caption: Detail of the face
+---
+
+**Object name:** 
+Anthropoid coffin of Userhet 
+
+**Accession no.:** 
+E.88.1903
+
+**Other numbers and markings:**
+tbd
+
+**Dimensions:** 
+H 182.4 cm
+
+W 42.1 cm
+
+D 33.2 cm
+
+**Brief description:** 
+
+An anthropoid coffin  found inside a decorated rectangular coffin. 
+
+The coffin decoration shows Userhet prepared for burial, as if the
+coffin itself is meant to perform
+the function of the white linen wrappings around his body and the mask
+over his face. Like earlier mummies, this coffin lay on its side, so
+that the eyes were close to the eyes painted on the outside of the
+rectangular coffin. Userhet’s face is painted black, a colour associated
+with Osiris, and the line of inscription down his front identifies him
+with that god, beginning ‘O Osiris, warrior Userhet’. The title
+‘warrior’ is not common at this period and was not used for others
+buried in this cemetery; it may signify Userhet’s status locally rather
+than being a military title. The rest of the text, like that on the
+coffin of Nakht, calls on Nut to spread herself over him. The decoration
+on Userhet’s chest represents a broad collar of coloured beads, a
+feature that occurs on many later coffins. 
+
+
+**Date:**
+c. 1855–1790 BC
+
+Middle Kingdom
+
+Late Twelfth Dynasty 
+
+[Further dating information](/catalogue_extras/E_88_1903_dating)
+
+**Find spot:**
+Beni Hasan, tomb 132
+
+[Further find spot information](/catalogue_extras/E_88_1903_findspot)
+
+**Acquisition:**
+Given by the Beni Hasan Excavation Committee.
+
+**Construction, decoration and materials:**
+
+
+**Other information**
+
+[Bibliography](/catalogue_extras/E_88_1903_bibliography)
+