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1884.57.2

Mummy cloth wrapping (cartonnage).

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1884.57.2

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Collection type
Object
Description
Mummy cloth wrapping (cartonnage).
Geographical reference
Egypt
Africa > Northern Africa > Egypt
Date / Period
Archaeological period: Ancient Egyptian Greco Roman
Date collected
By 1874
Acquisition information
Donated: 1884
Materials and processes
Material Pigment, Material Linen Flax Bast Fibre Textile Plant, Process Painted, Process Woven
Dimensions
Length: max 213 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1884.57.2 PR Cat other PR nos: 2764
Research and responses

This object was examined by Dr Christina Riggs in March 2010 as part of the Fell funded project Characterizing the World Archaeology Collections. She noted: 'It is a wesekh collar made of cartonnage (linen-plaster layers), which would be placed over the chest of a wrapped mummy; it protected and contributed to the rebirth of the dead. The shrine-shaped pectoral in the centre, with an outstretched ba-bird, supports a Ptolemaic rather than Late Period date.' [AS 31/03/2010]

Search terms: Religion, Death, Mummy Wrapping

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