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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