Fragment of linen from a shroud
- Accession Number
- EC116
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Tomb equipment, Mummy trappings, Cloth/shroud
- Period
- Graeco-Roman Period
- Material
- Textile/fibres (Linen)
- Provenance
- Egypt, Thebes/Luxor
- Measurements
- 215x200mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
Licensing details
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- Description
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Fragment of linen from a male shroud. Early–mid second century AD from Thebes. This is a fragment of the leg region of Osiris wearing a bead net over a red garment. A portion of the column of inscription is preserved. Purchased by Wellcome at auction in 1906 from the collection of Robert de Rustafjaell.
- Previous Owners
- Robert de Rustafjaell (1859–1943) | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Language
- Egyptian
- Script
- Hieroglyphic
- Last modified: 08 Feb 2023
