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人形內棺 Wooden anthropoid inner coffin of Djeho
上埃及 艾赫米姆 Akhmim, Upper Egypt
托勒密時期 Ptolemaic Period(305 – 30 BC)
這件內棺屬於一位叫迪耶奧的男性，臉部的金箔和染成藍色的假髮，象徵死者在來世具有的神性。文字記載，眾神們都應該有黃金血肉和青金石頭髮；死者有經過編織的鬈曲假鬚，也表明他身踞社會高層的崇高地位。支撐棺腳的矩形基座可令棺木像雕像般站立，同時也暗示古埃及墓葬中的「開口儀式」，古埃及人相信藉由這種儀式，豎立於墓葬入口處的木乃伊可以再度復活。
Djeho's inner coffin is a classic example of an anthropoid mummy-case made for a man of high status. The divine qualities attained by the deceased in the next life are indicated by the application of gold leaf to the face and by the blue colouring of the wig; texts record that the gods were supposed to have flesh of gold and hair of lapis lazuli. Djeho's plaited and curled false-beard is another sign of his elevation to a higher state of being. The rectangular pedestal which supports the feet emphasises the coffin's sculptural qualities, and makes an allusion to the Opening of the Mouth – the ritual by which the mummy, placed upright at the entrance to the tomb – was reanimated. ■資料：香港藝術館
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