Textile

Bandage

E12323A

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E12323A
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt
Period Late Period | Thirtieth Dynasty (uncertain)
Date Made 381 - 343 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Linen | Pigment
Inscription Language Hieratic
Description

Painted with texts of Chapters 100 & 130 of the Book of the Dead. Written for Wedja-Hor, born of Ta-reshep. The form of the signs is rather similar to those of the 4th column of Moller's Hieratische palaographie, Vol. III, which Moller dates to the 30th dynasty.

Length 9.8 cm
Width 38 cm
Credit Line Purchased from R. H. Blanchard, 1912

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