Textile
Bandage
E428B
From: Egypt | Fayum
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E428B |
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 | Scarab |
Inscription Language | Hieratic |
Description | Fragment of linen mummy wrapping inscribed with a section of the book of the dead. The text consists of 6 lines. Above the text is a vignette of the deceased kneeling with his arms upraised in adoration of a scarab beetle. |
Credit Line | Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1890 |
Other Number | ES 428 - Original Number |
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