3525801 Coffin of Nakhtkhnum, c.1802??640 BC (wood, paint) by Egyptian, Middle Kingdom (2040-1640 BC); 207.5 long cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: From Egypt, Middle Egypt, Khashaba excavations, 1910??5; Probably from Meir Middle Kingdom, 13th dynasty A painted door allowed the soul of the deceased to move freely in and out of the tomb. Above it two eyes look nto the land of the living, the face of the mummy directly behind. Painted inscription are invocations to deities, particularly those associated with death and rebirth, such as Osiris, foremost god of the dead, and Anubis, god of embalming. ); Egyptian, out of copyright.