The Innermost Coffin of Tutankhamun.

This coffin of solid gold is covered with incised decorations and inscriptions inside and outside, with the names and epitaph of the deceased king and protective texts It is inlaid with semiprecious stones and coloured glass.

The coffin’s shape is that of Osiris holding the sacred insignia, the heka sceptre and the flail. The vulture and rearing cobra, protect his forehead. The divine beard is made of gold inlaid with blue glass. Deities of Upper and Lower Egypt protect the body of the coffin with their wings. The coffin weighs 110.4 kilograms or 243.4 pounds.