Tablet

Description

Wodden mummy-label, inscribed with Greek characters "Sansnos, son of Pouoris and Smin" and Demotic "Sansnos son of Pouris": Ancient Egyptian, Akhmim, Upper Egypt, Roman Period, c. AD100 - 300

Museum reference

A.1921.895

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tablet

Production information

Akhmim, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

Roman Period

Style / Culture

Roman Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood

Collection place(s)

Akhmim, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Sansonos, son of Puoris
Puoris

References

Clarysse, M., Maitland, M., and Worp, K. A. 2014. 'Mummy Labels from Graeco-Roman Egypt in National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh' in Chronique d’Egypte 89/178, p. 359-60, 371 (fig. 1)