Mummy trapping

Description

Mummy trapping of painted linen and plaster cartonnage, decorated with a kheker frieze at the top and the four Sons of Horus, from an unidentified mummified man : Ancient Egyptian, Middle Egypt, Faiyum, el-Rubaiyat, Ptolemaic Period, c. 323 - 30 BC

Museum reference

A.1901.547.2

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Mummy trapping

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

c. 323 - 30 BC

Style / Culture

Ptolemaic Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Cartonnage

Collection place(s)

el-Rubaiyat, Faiyum, Middle Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Egypt Exploration Fund

References

Manley, B and Dodson, A., (2010) Life Everlasting. National Museums Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins (Edinburgh: NMS Enterprises Ltd.), Cat. 39, p.110