Mummy Cloth Fragment of Ramesses II
This length of brown linen formed part of the wrappings of King Ramesses II. There are two groups of weft threads put in at one shedding, at intervals of 7 cm, repeated five times. The linen was torn and mended in ancient times.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mummy Cloth Fragment of Ramesses II
- Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
- Dynasty: Dynasty 19
- Reign: reign of Ramesses II
- Date: ca. 1279–1213 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valleys south of Deir el-Bahri, Valley of the Cachette, First Royal Cache (TT 320), Mummy of Ramesses II, Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1881
- Medium: Linen
- Dimensions: Framed: 37.3 × 47.6 cm (14 11/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890
- Object Number: 90.5.59
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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