Tablet

Description

Modern copy of a wooden mummy label, inscribed on one side in demotic and on the other in Greek characters "Pachoumis, son of Psenomesios and Senpachoumis, -”: Egypt, 19th Century, c. AD 1800-1900

Museum reference

A.1921.896 A

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tablet

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Date

19th century

Style / Culture

Roman Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood

Collection place(s)

Akhmim, Upper Egypt, Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Pkhoumis Psenomesioto
Senpakhunor

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. 361-2, 372 (figs. 4 and 5)

CRIPEL 4 (1976), pp. 208-209, no. 820 (= CEML 1232; TM 55136) - publication of original