King Ramesses VI

myminifactory

This piece belongs to the lid of the monarch's mummiform coffin. He is depicted as Osiris, eternal ruler of the underworld. The broken beard originally had a curled end. The coffin was placed inside a box-shaped outer one of red granite. The two were found smashed and displaced by ancient thieves. Both coffins have been restored on location from extant fragments in the tomb and a cast of his face. 20th Dynasty, reign of Ramesses VI (about 1143-1136 BC), from Western Thebes, Valley of the Kings, tomb of Ramesses VI.