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Fragment of mummy linen
Egyptian
Hellenistic to early Roman Period
late 4th century B.C.–2nd century A.D.
Medium/Technique
Painted linen
Dimensions
40 x 42 cm (15 3/4 x 16 9/16 in.); Legacy dimension: .420 x .400
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number20.895
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Mummy trappings
DescriptionFragment of mummy linen. Painted. Hawk wearing double crown, and two canopic jars. Above band of inscription with right wing of sun disc. The vertical and one horizontal block of inscription, colored black, yellow, red, pink, and green.
ProvenanceBy 1920, with Denman Waldo Ross.