Fragment of a linen shroud
- Accession Number
- EC115
- 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
Licensing details
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- Description
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Fragment of linen from a male shroud. Roman Period, Early to mid 2nd century AD, Thebes. 700mm long. This is the bottom right of a shroud showing an Osiris figure wearing a bead net over a red garment and a decorated mantle that flares out to the sides. A bundle of lotuses emerges from the edge of the mantel.
- Previous Owner
- Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Assumed long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
- Last modified: 23 Jun 2020