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

Not on view
Wooden tag-shaped tablet with four lines of ancient Egyptian cursive script in dark ink on an orange-brown surface, with a small suspension hole at one end
Wooden tag or label with a tapered left end and small drilled hole, inscribed with three lines of Greek text in dark ink on a light brown surface.

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 3/16 x 4 13/16 in. (5.56 x 12.23 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Jerome F. Snyder
Accession Number
M.80.202.150
Classification
Tablets
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art