Textile
Bandage
| Object Number: | E432B |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Ptolemaic |
| Provenience: | Egypt Gurob |
| Period: | Ptolemaic Period Thirty-Third Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 305-30BC |
| Early Date: | -305 |
| Late Date: | -30 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Linen |
| Iconography: | Book Of The Dead Man Goddess Sycamore |
| Inscription Language: | Hieratic |
| Length: | 27.2 cm |
| Width: | 10.6 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1890 |
| Other Number: | ES 432 - Original Number |
Description
Linen mummy wrapping fragment with hieratic text of the Book of the Dead. Inscribed for Iuhepim(?) son of Tasherentaihet. The Book of the Dead Chapters on this fragment are parts of 52-56. There are 2 vignettes: a man adoring a goddess in a sycamore tree and a man holding the hieroglyph for breath. In the multimedia photo E432B is on the bottom. E432A is the top.
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: 260-63 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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