In the Twenty-first Dynasty the Egyptian elites stopped building elaborate tombs. Instead, they transferred the scenes normally painted on tomb walls to the coffin Pa-seba-khai-en-ipet’s outer coffin shows multiple scenes of the gods and the deceased worshipping themNot only does the coffin present the deceased as Osirisbut it also illustrates the many gods he will confront in the afterlife.
The damage to the painted surface on the left side of the coffin has been left unrepaired to reveal how the carpenters pinned smaller pieces of wood together with wooden pegs to make a coffin. Artists then plastered and painted the surface to make it appear smooth.