Detail from the coffin of the incense bearer Horaawesheb
Egypt, Thebes
22nd Dynasty, about 900 BCE
painted wood
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© The Trustees of the British Museum
In this detail from the coffin, the god of the afterlife Osiris (central figure on the left) is shown with green skin and wearing a tight garment that suggests the bandages wrapped around his mummified body. Osiris is often depicted welcoming the deceased (here, Horaawesheb on the right).