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Mummy Label with Demotic Inscriptionlate Ptolemaic Period - early Roman Period (100 BCE - 100 CE)

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Ancient wooden tag with a pointed left end and a drilled hole at the right, inscribed with three lines of cursive Semitic script in dark ink on worn, reddish-tan wood

Unknown, Mummy Label with Demotic Inscription, late Ptolemaic Period - early Roman Period (100 BCE - 100 CE), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jerome F. Snyder, 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)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
1 11/16 x 4 3/4 in. (4.29 x 12.07 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerome F. Snyder
Accession Number
M.80.202.148
Classification
Tablets
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art