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Mummy label

Description

Mummy-label of thin wood, rectangular with rounded top and central hole, inscribed with two lines of hieratic in black ink naming Pypwy, a King's Daughter, split centrally: Ancient Egyptian, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Thutmose IV - Amenhotep III, 1397 - 1351/50 BC

Museum reference

A.1956.157

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Mummy label

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

1397 - 1351/50 BC

Style / Culture

18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood

Collection place(s)

Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Thebes, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Used during his reign: Thutmose IV
Used during his reign: Amenhotep III
Excavator: Rhind, Alexander Henry, 1833 - 1863
Princess Pi pui

Exhibitions

  • The Tomb

  • Fascinating Mummies (11 Feb 2012 - 27 May 2012)
    National Museum of Scotland

References

RHIND, A H 1862. Thebes: its Tombs and their Tenants Ancient and Present (London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts), pp.84-87

B Porter & R B Moss. Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings (Oxford: Clarendon Press/Griffith Institute), I/2, The Theban Necropolis2 Part 2 (1964), p.671

Dodson, A., Janssen, J.J., ‘A Theban Tomb and Its Tenants’ in The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol.75, 1898, pp.125-138, pl. X-XI

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