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Funerary shroud

mid 1st–late 1st century
Medium/TechniquePainted linen
DimensionsHeight x width: 115 x 88.5 cm (45 1/4 x 34 13/16 in.)
Credit LineMartha A. Willcomb Fund
Accession number50.650
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTomb equipment
ProvenanceSaid to be from Akhmim. By 1897, Frederick George Hilton Price (b. 1842 - d. 1909), London [see note]. 1950, sold by Spink and Son, London, to the MFA for £1000. (Accession Date: April 10, 1950)

NOTE: Published and illustrated in A Catalogue of the Egyptian Antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price (London, 1897), cat. no. 49, where it is said to come from Akhmim.
Fragment of mummy linen
late 4th century B.C.–2nd century A.D.
Funerary shroud
A.D. 98–117
Funerary shroud
1st to 3rd century A.D.
Shawabty
1350–1070 B.C.
Shawabty of Huy
1295–1186 B.C.
Mummy mask
50 B.C.–50 A.D.
Mummy foot case
A.D. 100–199
Coffin footboard
A.D. 50–100
Shawabty box of Pamerihu
1295–1070 B.C.
Rishi coffin
1580–1550 B.C.
Lid of anthropoid coffin
1550–1295 B.C.