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Mummy Label with Bilingual InscriptionRoman Period (30 BCE - 300 CE)

Not on view
Worn wooden tag with a pointed left end and circular hole, bearing faint hand-inscribed characters across the surface
Rectangular wooden tag with pointed left end and a circular hole at right, reddish-brown surface inscribed with a single line of ancient Semitic script in dark ink.

Unknown, Mummy Label with Bilingual Inscription, Roman Period (30 BCE - 300 CE), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Jerome F. Snyder, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Mummy Label with Bilingual Inscription
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
Roman Period (30 BCE - 300 CE)
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
2 15/16 x 1 9/16 in. (7.4 x 4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerome F. Snyder
Accession Number
M.80.202.157
Classification
Tablets
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art