Fragment of a mummy case
- Accession Number
- W524
- Current Location
- House of Death (ground floor), Coffins case, Right
- Object Type
- Tomb equipment, Coffin/sarcophagus/cartonnage, Coffin/sarcophagus case
- Period
- Late Period
- Dynasties
- Twenty-fifth Dynasty to Twenty-sixth Dynasty
- Material
- Wood
- Provenance
- Egypt, Thebes/Luxor
- Measurements
- Height: 780mm | Width: 680mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
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- Description
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The upper part of mummy case of painted wood, dating to the Third Intermediate Period, likely the Twenty-sixth Dynasty. It is made of high quality wood, possibly cedar. It has been heavily restored (probably during the 1980s). It was purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1933.
- Wellcome Number
- A163198
- Auction Details
- An Egyptian carved wood mummy case (the upper part), the face and neck painted in red and head-dress and shoulders in various colours, 31in. high, 26in. wide.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 03 Dec 2021