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

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Riggs, Christina (2013) A Roman Period child's mummy in the Saffron Walden Museum. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 99. pp. 265-70.

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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
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 21 Jan 2014 12:12
Last Modified: 24 Oct 2022 06:01
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/47351
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