a new style of coffin .

During the early 18th Dynasty, a new style of coffin became popular among private people in Egypt, of which few survive today. Recalling coffins of the Middle Kingdom, examples of the new style are known as "white coffins" because their primary decoration consists of a white background with yellow bands spaced along the length and width of the coffin, imitating the bandages wrapping the mummy. This coffin, beautifully carved and painted, wears a heavy, striped wig and broad collar. A goddess spreads her wings protectively across the chest, while two other female deities, perhaps Isis and Nephthys, are depicted inside the lid and trough of the coffin. The distinctive white and yellow decoration is visible along the sides of the case, with large udjat eyes on each shoulder. The yellow bands contain religious texts, while the intervening white sections contain images of the four sons of Horus: Duamutef, Hapy, Imsety, and Qebehsenuef. An offering formula is inscribed down the front of the lid.