Mummy Cloth Fragment
Found inside a tall jar similar to 28.3.70, this scrap of cloth has an inscription in black ink still visible on the corner. This is difficult to read, but includes a date. The jar in which it was found was part of a group of pots containing material left over from a mummification that had been buried just below the surface in one of the western cemeteries at Thebes. A mud stopper still closed this jar, which also held 19 bundles of natron, more rags, and bits of halfa grass.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mummy Cloth Fragment
- Period: Third Intermediate–Late Period
- Date: ca. 950–340 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, East of Pabasa, Embalmers' Cache E (found in pot), MMA excavations, 1918–19
- Medium: Linen
- Dimensions: L. 18 × W. 7 cm (7 1/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1931
- Object Number: 31.3.129
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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