OF THE KING DARA I NO.(200) NAOS AT MALLAWY MUSEUM

       Naos[i] is a box of stone or wood, surrounds the statue of a god to save and protect it, which is a wall that becomes difficult to penetrate. It has a door closed and sealed by the king who impersonates the role of the high priest. Hence, it is clear that kings and not the senior staff sealed most of the private sarcophagi.  Specifically the kings between the Twenty Seventh and Thirtieth dynasties; during which the sarcophagi making became important and were placed in temples(fig.1).



[i]Naos: The word is a Greek word for cabin where there is a statue of the god inside the Holy of Holies/ sanctuary.  It is of two types: fixed and movable.
 - H. George., Greek-English Lexicon, Greek, 1943, p. 57
 
للمزيد عن الناووس راجع:
صفاء عبدالمنعم ابراهيم،ناووس التمثال في مصر القديمة حتي نهاية الدولة الحديثة، رسالة ماجستير غير منشورة، کلية الاثار، جامعة القاهرة ،2003م،ص15.
محمد محمد علي المرسي، الناووس في مصر منذ بداية العصر المتوسط الثالث حتي نهاية العصر المتوسط، کلية الآداب، جامعة اسيوط،2016م