Fragment of the mummy bandage of Wedjahor (a): excerpts from the Book of the Dead

Classification

mummy bandage ; tomb equipment

Culture

Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

31.5 x 17.5 cm

Date

Ptolemaic Period (4th–1st century B.C.)

Period

Ptolemaic period (323–30)

Material

linen

Iconography

offering scene ; offering table ; male figure ; kilt ; Isis ; Iset hieroglyph ; Nephthys ; Nebet-Hut hieroglyph ; wig ; ankh sign ; papyrus sceptre ; pedestal ; solar barque ; scarab-headed figure ; solar disk ; uraeus ; falcon-headed figure ; shrine (naos, cella)

Inscription

hieratic writing ; Classical Egyptian

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Egyptian Art

Provenance

Platz, Bonifác (1848–1919)?; Budapest, Hungarian National Museum

Inventory

51.2170

ID

Hyp-2802

References

Kóthay–Liptay, Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 152, 72a; Kóthay–Liptay, Egyptian Artefacts, 156, 75a

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.