Anthropoid Coffin Deir el-Balah, 13th century B.C.E.
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A clay anthropoid coffin
found in the ancient cemetery
near Deir el-Balah, south of
Gaza. The coffin is cylindrical
in shape and widens at the
shoulders with an opening for
the body. The head and
shoulders are not delineated
and a human face and arms
are depicted on the lid. The
Deir el-Balah cemetery was
located nearby a stronghold
established by the Egyptians
on the main route from the
Nile Delta to Canaan.
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