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Philistine Philistino-Egyptian Anthropoid Lid; ca. 14th-12th Century BC. A large, concave mask in two concaved sections with notable red and blue paint present over much of the piece. Fine facial features with almond shaped eyes, large nose, thin mouth and very prominent ears per type. At the chin, a false beard is worn. Above, on head, a painted head scarf denoting Egyptianizing motif of Osiris in naturalistic form. Below around neck, painted indications of jewelry. Internal portion of the lid is a single smoothed piece of clay with white slip covering. No hands are portrayed on this example. Coffins are slipper shaped anthropoid masks in all cases. Depictions are either naturalistic of grotesque in nature. Some types borrow heavily from imagery of ushabti or Osiris in that they are portrayed in mummiform with arms crossed. In all cases, the coffins were coil made and fired once. The lids all tend to be cut from single larger dense clay, shaped and fired with facial features added in a second firing. In some cases, both paint and gilding are present on examples. Major finds: -Deir el-Balah, approximately 15 km. south of Gaza on ancient "Way of Horus" connecting Lower Egypt to Philistia) Digs made from 1968-1972, led by Trude Dothan. Yield: 32 full coffins and 12 lids currently housed in Israel Museum, Jerusalem. -Tel Beth She'an northern Israel, Digs initially conducted by U. Penn, led by Rowe, Fisher and Fitzgerald. Later digs led by Hebrew University. Yield: approx. 50 coffins and lids housed now in U. Penn and the Rockefeller Museum. Further literature: Dothan, Trude. Deir el-Balah: Uncovering an Egyptian Outpost in Canaan from the Time of Exodus. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. 2008. Custom wall mount. Ex B.C. Holland, Chicago Late 1980's. H. 26" (66 cm)..

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