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Collections

Mummy Label with Drawing of Horuslate Ptolemaic Period- early Roman Period (100 BCE-100 CE), perhaps reign of Augustus (30 BCE-41 CE)

Not on view
Small ceramic tablet with arched top and suspension hole, covered in cream slip with three lines of cursive red-painted script and small bird figure below
Title
Mummy Label with Drawing of Horus
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
late Ptolemaic Period- early Roman Period (100 BCE-100 CE), perhaps reign of Augustus (30 BCE-41 CE)
Medium
Limestone
Dimensions
2 1/2 x 1 5/8 in. (6.35 x 4.12 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Miller and Marilyn Miller Deluca
Accession Number
M.80.199.152
Classification
Tablets
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Bresciani, E. "Etichette di Mummia in Calcare da Dendera Nella Collezione Michaelidis." Studi Classici e Orientali X: 209-213 (1961)
  • Petrie, W. F. "Denderah 1898." Egyptian Exploration Fund Series 17: (1900)