Textile

Bandage

E12323C

From: Egypt

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

Object Number E12323C
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt
Period Late Period | Thirtieth Dynasty (uncertain)
Date Made 381 - 343 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Linen | Pigment
Inscription Language Hieratic
Description

Painted with texts of Chapters 100 & 130 of the Book of the Dead. Written for Wedja-Hor, born of Ta-reshep. The form of the signs is rather similar to those of the 4th column of Moller's Hieratische palaographie, Vol. III, which Moller dates to the 30th dynasty.

Length 9 cm
Width 36.3 cm
Credit Line Purchased from R. H. Blanchard, 1912

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