basalt sarcophagus of Menkaure

E213016

ancient Egyptian funerary object lost artifact sarcophagus

The basalt sarcophagus of Menkaure was an elaborately carved stone coffin belonging to the Fourth Dynasty Egyptian pharaoh Menkaure, once housed in his pyramid at Giza and now famous for having been lost at sea in the 19th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
basalt sarcophagus of Menkaure canonical	1
funerary assemblage of Menkaure	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian funerary object ⓘ lost artifact ⓘ sarcophagus ⓘ
artStyle	Old Kingdom royal style ⓘ
associatedPerson	John Shae Perring ⓘ Richard William Howard Vyse ⓘ
associatedWith	Giza ⓘ surface form: Giza Necropolis Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ surface form: tomb of Menkaure
belongsToCategory	Egyptian sarcophagi ⓘ Old Kingdom Egyptian art ⓘ archaeological artifacts lost at sea ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Egypt ⓘ
culture	Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ surface form: Ancient Egypt
currentLocation	unknown ⓘ
currentStatus	missing ⓘ
depicts	palace-façade motif ⓘ
describedIn	19th-century excavation reports of the Giza pyramids ⓘ
discoveredBy	Richard William Howard Vyse ⓘ surface form: Howard Vyse
discoverySite	Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
discoveryYear	1837 ⓘ
dynasty	Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
era	circa 26th century BCE ⓘ
fate	lost at sea ⓘ
function	coffin for the body of Menkaure ⓘ
hasPart	carved exterior ⓘ decorative palace-façade pattern ⓘ inscribed hieroglyphs ⓘ
intendedDestination	British Museum ⓘ
linkedTo	Menkaure burial equipment ⓘ
locatedIn	Giza Pyramids ⓘ surface form: Giza pyramid complex
locatedInTheStructure	Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
lostCentury	19th century ⓘ
lostIn	shipwreck of the Beatrice ⓘ
madeFor	Menkaure ⓘ
material	basalt ⓘ
notableFor	being an elaborately carved royal sarcophagus ⓘ being lost in transit to the British Museum ⓘ
originalLocation	burial chamber of the Pyramid of Menkaure ⓘ
owner	Menkaure ⓘ
partOf	basalt sarcophagus of Menkaure self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: funerary assemblage of Menkaure
shipwreckLocation	off the coast of Spain ⓘ
significance	important example of Old Kingdom royal sarcophagi ⓘ
timePeriod	Fourth Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Old Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
transportedByShip	Beatrice ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

shipwreck of the Beatrice → notableItemLost → basalt sarcophagus of Menkaure ⓘ

basalt sarcophagus of Menkaure → partOf → basalt sarcophagus of Menkaure self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: funerary assemblage of Menkaure