Wooden mummy tag: E.W.54

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Wooden mummy tag

Entities

Mummy label

Description

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

Measurements and weight

Length: 9.8 cm
Width: 4.1 cm

Find spot

Egypt

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given by Chester, Greville John, Revd

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.W.54
Primary reference Number: 65415
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 11 January 2023

Associated departments & institutions

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

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