Textile

Mummy Cloth

E12324.11

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E12324.11
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 3 columns of hieratic text with a maximum of 7 lines per column. In the center is a vignette showing a benu bird (heron). Black ink.

Length 5.5 cm
Width 37.8 cm
Credit Line Purchased from R. H. Blanchard, 1912

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