Kárpáti Zoltán - Liptay Éva - Varga Ágota szerk.: A Szépművészeti Múzeum közleményei 101. (Budapest, 2004)

HEDVIG GYŐRY: On the Collars of the Gamhud Coffins

2. The neckband and collar of coffin, inv. no. 51.2000, Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts reoccurrence of the grid pattern, while the lotus pattern was completely neglected. The disk, chessboard and square patterns are still attested, but sometimes refashioned (figs. 6-7).

90 90 Inv. nos. 51.1988, 51.1993, 51.1994, 51.1998, 51.1999, 51.2005, 51.2008, and 51.2013. Beyond the Gamhud coffins in Cairo, Vienna, Cracow and Werl, further pieces can be found elsewhere. The following, which are known to me, also belong to this group. There are two such coffins in Romania and another coffin in Switzerland: Sibiu, 'Franz Binder' World Ethnographical Museum, see M. Bozan, "Considerations Regarding the Mummy with Sarcophagus of the 'Franz Binder' World Ethnographical Museum from Sibiu'," in Ethnological Studies and Papers, vol. 16, Sibiu 2002; ead., "Nota de subsol nr. 47," in Cornel Irimie and the Turning into Account of the Exotic Ethnographical Collection from Sibiu, Sibiu 2003; Cluj, National History Museum of Transylvania, see D. Boros, Technical Data Concerning the Mummy and Its Accessories in the Collection of the National History Museum of Transylvania in Cluj (Romania), Acta Musei Napocensis 37-38 (2000-2001), 373-75; Burgdorf, Museum für Völkerkunde, see A. Küffer, "Das Sarg- und Mumienprojeet: Untersuchungen zum Hauptobjekt der ägyptischen Sammlung. Aus dem Museum für Völkerkunde Burgdorf," in Burgdorf er Jahrbuch 2000, Burgdorf 2000, 109-15 with other articles on the mummy and the restoration of the coffin. 1 am much indebted to Renate Germer, who is working on the publication of the Sibiu coffin, for the information and to Marta Guttman and Maria Bozan ('Franz Binder' World Ethnographical Museum, Sibiu) for providing me with the relevant material and pictures. 1 also thank Alexandra Küffer for the infonnation and the publication of the Burgdorf coffin.