Wooden mummy tags: E.75.1891

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Wooden mummy tags

Entities

Mummy label

Description

Mummy label. These tags with name, parentage, titles, age, written in demotic Egyptian and Greek, were attached to the deceased. Here, they were attached to women. Tags were used to identify bodies because cemeteries were often some distance from the home of the deceased.

Measurements and weight

Height: 7.5 cm
Width: 4.4 cm

Find spot

Egypt

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1891) by Chester, Greville John, Revd

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.75.1891
Primary reference Number: 49281
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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