Mummy Wrapping

Unidentified Ancient Egyptian maker

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1552-1306 BCE

Linen

Overall: 12 × 6 5/16 in. (30.5 × 16 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase

39.64.25809

Geography

Place Made: Egypt, Northern Africa, Africa

Period

2000-1000 BCE

Object Name

Textile: Mummy

Research Area

Ancient Egypt

Africa

Not on view

Inscriptions

Numbered: “436.31 / 1.4" in ink on the fabric

Provenance

British School of Archaeology in Egypt (Univeristy College, London); Museum and Art Gallery Reading, England; sold to present collection, 1939.

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