Yuya mummy-shaped sarcophagus
Artefact Details
Gallery number: 30 – Upper Floor
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: 18th Dynasty – Reign of Amenhotep III (1387-1350 BC)
Place of discovery: Valley of the Kings – Thebes
Size: Height: 59 cm, Length: 204 cm
Material: Wood, stucco, gold leaf, silver leaf, glass paste, alabaster, carnelian
The wooden outer sarcophagus of Yuya, mummy-shape, is completely covered with a gold leaf and adorned with glass paste. Inside the sarcophagus, there were two Osiriform coffins with the mummy.