A Roman period child's mummy in the Saffron Walden Museum

Riggs, Christina (2013) A Roman period child's mummy in the Saffron Walden Museum. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 99 (1). pp. 265-270.

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Abstract

In the egyptian collection of the Saffron Walden museum in essex, the painted linen portion of a mummy mask from Deir el-Bahri forms the outer wrapping of the mummy of a child. the mask is part of a well-attested group of such objects dating to the late roman Period (c.250–300 ce), offering a terminus post quem for the mummy.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	wrapping,mummy,deir el-bahri,roman egypt,saffron walden museum
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Arts and Humanities > School of Art History and World Art Studies (former - to 2014)
Depositing User:	Pure Connector
Date Deposited:	21 Jan 2014 12:12
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2024 16:52
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/47351
DOI:	10.1177/030751331309900113

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