Textile

Bandage

E431

From: Egypt | Fayum

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E431
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
Inscription Language Hieratic
Description

Fragment of a linen mummy wrapping. The fragment has 5 column of text of varying lengths. There is a vignette about the 3rd column of text showing three standing figures (2 men and one woman) facing left and making offerings to a seated male figure facing right.

Credit Line Purchased from William Flinders Petrie, 1890
Other Number ES 433 - Original Number

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