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

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Ceramic tablet with pale cream and pinkish-tan clay body, pierced with a small hole near the top, inscribed with three lines of incised Semitic script

Unknown, Mummy Label with Demotic Inscription, late Ptolemaic Period- early Roman Period (100 BCE-100 CE), perhaps reign of Augustus (30 BCE-41 CE), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Robert Miller and Marilyn Miller Deluca, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Mummy Label with Demotic Inscription
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
3 5/16 x 2 3/8 in. (8.4 x 6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Miller and Marilyn Miller Deluca
Accession Number
M.80.199.149
Classification
Tablets
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Petrie, W. F. "Denderah 1898." Egyptian Exploration Fund Series 17: (1900)