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Image: This wooden mummy label was inscribed in black ink. The original cord is still in situ. Roman Period. From Hawara, Fayum, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London

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Description: This wooden mummy label was inscribed in black ink. The original cord is still attached, in situ. The inscriptions read “Boubastos of the gate of the Thermonthiac quarter of the metropolis of Arsinoe”. Roman Period. From Hawara, Fayum, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London. With thanks to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL.
Title: This wooden mummy label was inscribed in black ink. The original cord is still in situ. Roman Period. From Hawara, Fayum, Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
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