Textile
Mummy Cloth
E12324.17
From: Egypt
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
| Object Number | E12324.17 |
| 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 – 5 lines on the right and 4 on the left. In the center is a vignette showing a male figure standing before a benu bird (heron) and a human-headed ba bird perched on a plinth. Black ink. |
| Length | 6.2 cm |
| Width | 40 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from R. H. Blanchard, 1912 |
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