Mummy Cloth Fragment

New Kingdom, Ramesside ?
ca. 1184–1153 B.C. ?
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130
This cloth is pink, and was probably dyed after being woven. It was used in the wrapping of an unnamed royal individual in the First Royal Cache, and probably comes from the rewrapping and reburial carried out during Dynasty 21.

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Object Information
  • Title: Mummy Cloth Fragment
  • Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside ?
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 20 (?)
  • Date: ca. 1184–1153 B.C. ?
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Valleys south of Deir el-Bahri, Valley of the Cachette, First Royal Cache (TT 320), Anonymous mummy, Egyptian Antiquities Service/Maspero excavations, 1881
  • Medium: Linen
  • Dimensions: 10 × 13 cm (3 15/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
  • Credit Line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1890
  • Object Number: 90.5.70
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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