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Inscribed linen
Egyptian
Medium/Technique
Linen
Dimensions
Length x width: 48 × 31 cm (18 7/8 × 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number72.4726
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Mummy trappings
DescriptionNatural-colored linen with the name of the deceased person plainly written in black hieroglyphic.
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.