Fragment of a cartonnage mummy covering
- Accession Number
- EC495
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Tomb equipment, Coffin/sarcophagus/cartonnage
- Period
- Graeco-Roman Period
- Dynasty
- Ptolemaic Period
- Material
- Cartonnage
- Provenance
- Egypt
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Divine Name
- Qebehsenuef
Licensing details
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- Description
-
Fragment of cartonnage decorated with painting of Qebehsenuef (identified by the hieroglyphs), one of the Four Sons of Horus, holding folded cloth. Cloth was symbolic of life in ancient Egypt. The style suggests a Ptolemaic date.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 23 Aug 2020