Textile

Mummy Cloth

E12324.16

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E12324.16
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 2 columns of hieratic text with 7 lines each. On the far right is a vignette which is largely destroyed. Black ink.

Length 7.6 cm
Width 36.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from R. H. Blanchard, 1912

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