Tablet

Description

Wooden mummy label, inscribed on one side in demotic and on the other in Greek "Petesis son of Hasies his mother (being) Tkauxis, from Bompae": Ancient Egyptian, Bompae, Upper Egypt, Roman Period, c.AD 190-210

Museum reference

A.1921.896 B

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Tablet

Production information

Egypt, Northern Africa

Style / Culture

Coptic Period, Ancient Egyptian

Materials

Wood

Collection place(s)

Egypt, Northern Africa

Associations

Petesis
Hasies
Tkauxis
Bompae, Egypt, Northern Africa

Exhibitions

• Ancient Egypt Rediscovered (08 Feb 2019)
  National Museum of Scotland

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. 362-3, 372 (figs. 6 and 7)

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
world cultures, ancient egypt rediscovered