Textile

Mummy Cloth

E12324.2

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E12324.2
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 6 lines of hieratic text. Above the text is a long vignette showing a standing male figure with arms raised adoring various deities. Black ink.

Length 12.3 cm
Width 32.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from R. H. Blanchard, 1912

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