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Funerary Shroud Late Ptolemaic to Roman PeriodSaqqara

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.1815Ea-b. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.1815Ea-b
Find spot: Saqqara, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Ptolemaic to Roman Period
Date: 1st century B.C.E. or later
Date range: 99 BCE – 1 BCE
Materials: ['Linen', 'pigment', 'gold leaf']
Height: 43.0 cm
Width: 49.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Funerary Shroud (37.1815Ea-b). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17973

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Caption: Funerary Shroud, 1st century B.C.E. or later. Linen, pigment, gold leaf, 37.1815Ea: 16 15/16 x 19 5/16 in. (43 x 49 cm) 37.1815Eb: 26 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (68 x 34 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1815Ea-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Saqqara

Deities Osiris Nut

Materials Papyrus

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.1815Ea-b tier-2
BKM-Object 118334 tier-2

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