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Mummy Cloth Fragment

Third Intermediate–Late Period
ca. 950–340 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130
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 leftover mummification material that had been buried just below the surface in one of the western cemeteries at Thebes. A mud stopper sealed this jar, which also held 19 bundles of natron (a type of salt used to dry out the body during the embalming process), more rags, and bits of halfa grass.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Mummy Cloth Fragment
  • Period: Third Intermediate–Late Period
  • Date: ca. 950–340 BCE
  • 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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