The Canopic equipment of Maiherpri is among the few examples that were not only discovered almost intact 1 from the private burials of the New Kingdom, but are in fact considered a perfect example from the upper social class. Moreover, their shape, inscriptions and decorations are complementary to the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty, thus revealing some of the mysteries around the dating of Maiherpri's life time which is still considered unknown. This article will thoroughly study his Canopic equipment, which in fact was not fully published since 1902 2 , their inscriptions and decorations, aiming to shed light upon his social status and the identity of his ruling king, through the comparison between them and the most similar ones of their era.

The funerary furniture of Maiherpri, 1 is a perfect example for the private elite funerary furniture of the New Kingdom. The good state of preservation for these exceptional pieces makes it easier to study the careful wooden crafts and the multiple techniques of the furniture constructions and assembling like, dovetail joints, mortise-tenon as well as wooden and metal pins. Not only the Sarcophagus and coffins' shape, inscriptions and decorations helped to identify the complementary era as the mid-Eighteenth dynasty but also, the usage of precious material pointed at the owner's wealth and social status. Finally, the breaks on the top of the coffins' heads along with other coffins of the same period offer a documentation of tomb robbery motivations.