Fragment of a linen shroud
- Accession Number
- EC129
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Tomb equipment, Mummy trappings, Cloth/shroud
- Period
- Graeco-Roman Period
- Material
- Textile/fibres (Linen)
- Provenance
- Egypt, Thebes/Luxor
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Measurements
- Length: 530mm | Width: 355mm
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Licensing details
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- Description
-
Fragment of linen shroud decorated with pattern to resemble netting and beads. This probably dates to the Roman Period. The inscription in the centre mentions "Western Thebes", which suggests a provenance. Purchased by Wellcome in 1906 from the collection of Robert de Rustafjaell.
- Other Identity
- 114 (Boscawen number)
- Previous Owners
- Robert de Rustafjaell (1859–1943) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Inscription
-
[...] ḳrst nfrt ḥr i͗mntt wꜣst [...] beautiful burial in Western Thebes.
- Language
- Egyptian
- Script
- Hieroglyphic
