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Wooden mummy tags
Mummy label. These tags with name, parentage, titles, age, written in demotic Egyptian and Greek, were attached to the deceased. Here, they were attached to women. Tags were used to identify bodies because cemeteries were often some distance from the home of the deceased.
Height: 7.5 cm
Width: 4.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1891) by Chester, Greville John, Revd
Middle Roman
-30
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200
Accession number: E.75.1891
Primary reference Number: 49281
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Wooden mummy tags" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/49281 Accessed: 2024-12-23 03:55:12
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University of Cambridge}}
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