Fragment of a linen shroud
- Accession Number
- EC131
- Current Location
- In storage
- Object Type
- Tomb equipment, Mummy trappings, Cloth/shroud
- Material
- Textile/fibres (Linen)
- Provenance
- Egypt, Thebes/Luxor
- Number of Elements
- 1
Licensing details
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- Description
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Fragment of linen from a male shroud. 260x340mm. Dates to early-mid 2nd century AD. From Thebes, West Bank. Area of the chest of an Osiris figure wearing a bead net over a red garment with traces of a broad collar at the top. The beginning of a column of inscription is visible but has been left uninscribed. The faded and stained areas might indicate where strips of linen held the shroud in place.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
