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| Title | mummy label inscribed on one side | |
| Collection | Artworld: Oriental Museum | |
| Description | Wooden mummy label with two holes to attach the label to the mummy after the embalming process for identification during transportation and in the afterlife. An inscription is incised and written in black ink on one side. The reverse of the label is blank. | |
| Cultural Context | Egyptian | |
| Id Number Former Accession | WEL 149 | |
| Inscription | Greek, Greek, incised on front | |
| Location Creation Site | Misr | |
| Location Current Repository | The Oriental Museum | |
| Subject | written document, mummy label, funerary, inscription | |
| Measurements | 22.7 x 8.3 x 0.9 cm | |
| Rights | Oriental Museum, University of Durham, Durham, 2002. All Rights reserved | |
| Rights Owner | OM | |
| Style Period | Graeco-Roman Period | |
| Work Type | label | |