Textile

Mummy Cloth

E12324.1

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E12324.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt
Section Egyptian
Materials Linen | Ink
Inscription Language Hieratic
Description

Inscribed ink.

Fragment of linen mummy wrapping containing text and vignette from the Book of the Dead. This fragment has 5 lines of hieratic text accompanied by a vignette showing a seated male figure holding a staff. Black ink. Textile has fringe along one edge.

Length 6.5 cm
Width 34 cm
Credit Line Purchased from R. H. Blanchard, 1912

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