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Material : Wood Lined with Stucco , Gold Leaf , Alabaster and Obsidian
Found in : Dra Abu Al-naga , Tomb of Queen Ahhotep ()
Period : New Kingdom
Reign of : Ahmes
Dynasty: XVIII
Belonged_to: Ahhotep
Excavation : The Egyptian Antlquities Service
Dating back to the Eighteenth Dynasty (1550-1525 BC) , the anthropoid sarcophagus of Ahhotep (of which only the lid covered with gold leaf has survived) was found in 1859 in the Queen's tomb in the necropolis of Dra Abu al Naga , in Luxor . Ahhotep (which means "peace of the moon") was the daughter of Seqenenra Taa I and his consort Tetisheri . Both Kames and Ahmes were her sons by her brother , Seqenenra Taa II . We could identify the sarcophagus' owner from a cartouche inscribed with her name in the center of the lid .
Made from wood lined with stucco and alabaster and decorated with obsidian and gold leaf , this elegant lid pictures the image of Ahhotep . Her body is decorated with long birds' feathers to evoke the wings of the protective goddess Isis . It is probably from this hypothesis that the Queen's sarcophagus , known as 'rishi' ('plumed' in Arabic) drove its name , a receptacle widespread in the Theban area during the Second Intermediate Period . Hanging down from the neck is a fine , broad , elaborate , shoulder-to-shoulder necklace topping a depiction of a cobra and vulture . Framing the Queen's face is a thick blue line topped by a huge striped triple wig that ends at the chest with a coil-like border . Remains of the coil of a uraeus serpent had still survived over her forehead .
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