Upper Egypt / mummy tag / Limestone / Ink
About this Item
Record Details
- Object Identifier
- 0000.00.4972
- Object Name
- mummy tag
- Lot
- Askren, David
- Collections
- Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
- Object Type
- Egyptian funerary artifacts
- Length
- ;
- Width
- 4.75 cm;
- Height
- 7.0 cm;
- Thickness
- ;
- Weight
- ;50.45g
- Inscribed
- yes
- Full Artifact Description
- Two holes at top for attachment like an amulet; front has black painted Osirid figure; back with Demotic (?) inscription. Broken and mended at bottom.
- Wilfong: Mummy label with image of Osiris. Limestone; ink.
- Subjects
- Osiris
- Verbatim Date
- 1st - 2nd C AD
- Verbatim Provenance
- Egypt
- Verbatim Site
- Upper Egypt
- Countermark
- no
- Exhibition Title
- Preserving Eternity: Modern Goals, Ancient Intentions
- Death in Ancient Egypt: Preserving Eternity
- Case 21 - Graeco-Roman Funerary
- Exhibition Curator
- Richards, Janet
- Wilfong, Terry
- Exhibition Year
- 1995
- 2009
- Publication Title
- Essays and Texts in Honor of J. David Thomas
- Three Mummy Labels in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology
- Publication Author
- Gagos, Traianos & Bagnall, Roger
- Publication Year
- 2001
- Type Category
- Artifact
Technical Details
- Record
- 0000.00.4972
- Link to this Item
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https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4972/0000_00_4972p01.tif
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"Upper Egypt; mummy tag; Limestone; Ink." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4972/0000_00_4972p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 02, 2024.