Mummy Case

E16200

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E16200
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Egypt
Period Roman Period
Section Egyptian
Materials Plaster | Gold
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

A piece of gesso from mummy case with modern backing of plaster. Some of the gilding is modern. Inscribed: "Anubis. May Osiris and Thoth receive (?) his flesh."

Credit Line Bequest of Maxwell Sommerville, 1904

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