Mummy

Child

E16234

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E16234
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Roman
Provenience Egypt
Section Egyptian
Materials Human Remains | Linen
Iconography Child
Inscription Language Demotic
Description

Mummy of a child. The inscription on the mummy’s wrapping gives her name and reads, “Tanwa, daughter of Hermidoros”. The same inscription appears in two different languages, Demotic, a highly cursive Egyptian script, and Greek. Tanwa was about five years old when she died. Her mummy was CT-scanned in 2009 and researchers are currently analyzing the results.

Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Edward W. Lehman, 1891
Other Number ES 473 - Original Number | E 3960? - Other Number

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