Mummy bandage

Description

One of twelve fragments of linen mummy bandage fragments with hieroglyphic inscription written in ink naming the deceased Montsuef: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, excavated by A.H. Rhind in the tomb of Montsuef, Early Roman Period, 9 BC

Museum reference

V.2013.48.9

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Mummy bandage

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Roman Period

Style / Culture

Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Linen

Collection place(s)

Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Excavator: Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863
Previous owner: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Thebes, Egypt, Northern Africa

Exhibitions

• The Tomb

References

Catalogue of Antiquities in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1863, p. 9.