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Object Number:E432A
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Ptolemaic
Provenience: Egypt
Gurob
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Thirty-Third Dynasty
Date Made: 305-30 BCE
Early Date: -305
Late Date: -30
Section:Egyptian
Materials:Linen
Iconography:Book Of The Dead
Isis
Horus
Imsety
Inscription Language:Hieratic
Length: 29.9 cm
Width: 8.3 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1890
Other Number:ES 432 - Original Number

Description

Fragment of linen mummy wraping with Chapter 24 and 25 of the Book of the Dead. There is a vignette showing the deceased adoring Isis, Horus and Imsety. Inscribed for Hetepamti(?) whose mother was Merneitites. In the multimedia photo E 432A is on top and E 432B is on the bottom.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 260-63View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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