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Fragment of mummy-case

Egyptian

Medium/Technique Cartonnage
Dimensions Legacy dimension: .272 Length: .16 W.
Credit Line Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4804
NOT ON VIEW

DescriptionWhite priming; yellow-brown ground; figure of Ta-Oer in brown, red, greenish black and yellow; hieroglyphs in black; god rests on a throne painted greenish black.
ProvenanceBy 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.