Mummy Cover

53-20-1C

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number 53-20-1C
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ptolemaic | Roman
Provenience Egypt
Period Ptolemaic Period | Roman Period
Date Made post 300 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Cartonnage
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Bib-like piece. Vertical column of partly effaced hieroglyphic inscriptions, in a frame surmounted by two falcons and with linking strips of petals. Breaks at head of left falcon and probably at top center.

Length 35 cm
Width 9.5 cm
Credit Line Gift of Helene Rubenstein, 1953

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