Meretseger on Anthropoid Coffins of the Third Intermediate Period: Theology, Social Crisis and Moral Surveillance

Current Research in Egyptology Tokyo, July 11–16 2026 Erato Deratsa This paper examines the iconographic and theological presence of the goddess Meretseger on anthropoid coffins of the Third Intermediate Period, focusing on a previously unpublished example (inv. no. AIG 3413), now in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Traditionally understood as a local protective deity … Read more