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Fragments of the lid of the sarcophagus of Seti I. SM X73.A.i to X73.A.viii (front view: numbered reading left to right, upper preceding lower). ©Sir John Soane's Museum. Photo: Lewis Bush.
Fragment of the lid of the sarcophagus of Seti I
Museum number: X73.A.iv
Not on display
Curatorial note
This is one of 18 fragments of the lid which Soane acquired with the sarcophagus in 1824 (the lid had been broken in antiquity by grave robbers: the fragments were found with the coffin in Seti's tomb in the Valley of the Kings).
Soane originally displayed the lid fragments beneath the sarcophagus, on the floor of the Sepulchral Chamber in the heart of the basement at 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields.
There is some evidence that Soane himself may have experimented with conjectural reconstructions of the lid, as shown in watercolours by Charles James Richardson of 1825.
It is not known when they were moved but Joseph Bonomi, Egyptologist and Curator of Sir John Soane's Museum 1861-78 decided to mount them in showcases (X73, X73.A, X73.B and X73.C) in his own suggested reconstructions of how the lid might have been originally assembled. Fragment X73.A.iv is third from left (upper fragment) when looking at the front of the case.
Soane originally displayed the lid fragments beneath the sarcophagus, on the floor of the Sepulchral Chamber in the heart of the basement at 13 Lincoln's Inn Fields.
There is some evidence that Soane himself may have experimented with conjectural reconstructions of the lid, as shown in watercolours by Charles James Richardson of 1825.
It is not known when they were moved but Joseph Bonomi, Egyptologist and Curator of Sir John Soane's Museum 1861-78 decided to mount them in showcases (X73, X73.A, X73.B and X73.C) in his own suggested reconstructions of how the lid might have been originally assembled. Fragment X73.A.iv is third from left (upper fragment) when looking at the front of the case.
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