Mummy shroud

Classification

mummy shroud ; tomb equipment

Culture

Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

142 x 40 cm

Date

Ptolemaic Period–Roman Period (2nd–1st century B.C.)

Period

Ptolemaic period (323–30)

Material

linen

Iconography

geometric pattern ; Isis ; solar disk ; Nephthys ; sons of Horus ; sandals

Inscription

hieroglyphs ; Classical Egyptian

Production place

Egypt

Findspot

Gamhud

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Egyptian Art

Provenance

Budapest, Hungarian National Museum

Inventory

51.2119

ID

Hyp-2801

References

Kóthay–Liptay, Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 150; Kóthay–Liptay, Egyptian Artefacts, 154

Year of discovery

1907