Textile
Bandage
| Object Number: | E435A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Ptolemaic |
| Provenience: | Egypt Fayum |
| 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 baboons solar barque |
| Inscription Language: | Hieratic |
| Height: | 9.5 cm |
| Length: | 46 cm |
| Width: | 41 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1890 |
| Other Number: | ES 435 - Original Number |
Description
Fragment of linen mummy wrapping with one line of hieratic text (Chapter 1 of the Book of the Dead) and a vignette of the deceased and four baboons adoring the solar barque.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Kreamer, Christine M. 2012. African Cosmos: Stellar Arts.. New York, NY. pg. 368 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 64/3.2 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [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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