Textile
Bandage
E427B
From: Egypt | Fayum
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E427B |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Culture | Ptolemaic |
Provenience | Egypt | Fayum |
Period | Ptolemaic Period | Thirty-Third Dynasty |
Date Made | 305-30 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Linen |
Iconography | Book Of The Dead |
Description | Fragment of a linen mummy wrapping showing a vignette from the Book of the Dead. THe scene is the weighing of the heart. One the right, there is a scale with an ape atop it. Horus stands facing left. To the left of the scale is the devourer, Amet who is before a fire(?) The top of the vignette is rodered by a band of striped decoration and a row of repeating stars. |
Credit Line | Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1890 |
Other Number | ES 427 - Original Number |
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