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Feet from a mummy case
Egyptian
Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic Dynasty)
3rd–2nd century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Abydos
Medium/Technique
Cartonnage
Dimensions
Height x width: 20 x 15.5 cm (7 7/8 x 6 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number02.829
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Coffins and sarcophagi
DescriptionThis item comprises the bottom (feet) portion of a cartonnage (painted, plaster-soaked linen) mummy case. Painted decoration depicts human feet of squared, bulky proportions with elongated toes. The soles are yellow, while the upper parts are reddish-brown with bands and borders of yellow, blue and red. Reddish-brown cross-hatching may be meant to represent surrounding linen wrapping.
ProvenanceFrom Abydos. 1902: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the Egypt Exploration Fund in the division of finds by the government of Egypt, received by the MFA through subscription to the Egypt Exploration Fund on November 17, 1902. (Accession Date: November 17, 1902)