Name tag for a mummy
This
carved wooden name tag would have been tied around a wrapped mummy. If you rotate the tag around, you can see it has four
lines of Greek text carved into each side, with traces of black ink preserved,
but on one side, there is an additional line written in cursive Egyptian
Demotic script.
The Greek inscription reads: 'Didyme, daughter of Besas, her mother Senpalous; to Panon; to Sarapion, paean singer.' The inscription suggests that Didyme's mummy was to be sent to Panopolis and put into the care of Sarapion, who was probably a relative.
- Catalogue no: UC45635