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Mummy labels (limestone): a gallery
Mummies in the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods often had a label with an inscription in Greek or demotic, more rarely in hieroglyphs, giving the name and sometimes further information on the dead person. There is an extensive collection in the Petrie Museum, the most distinctive portion being the hieroglyphic and demotic limestone labels found by Petrie in early Roman Period burials at Dendereh. In addition there are wooden labels, mainly from other sites such as Akhmim.
The sheer quantity of mummy labels in collections around the world makes them an invaluable virtual census for Ptolemaic and early Roman Period; unfortunately the bodies to which the labels were attached have rarely survived or been recorded.
(click on the pictures)
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UC 34462
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UC 34463
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UC 34464
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UC 34465
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UC 34466
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UC 34467
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UC 34468
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UC 34468 (back)
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UC 34469
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UC 34470
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UC 34472
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UC 34473
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UC 34474
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UC 34475
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UC 34476
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UC 34477
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UC 34478
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UC 34479
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other mummy labels:
UC 34462-UC34479 | UC 34479-UC34489/UC39568-UC39574
| UC 39575-UC 39592 |
UC 39593-UC 39602/UC 45616 | UC 45603-45620
| UC 45621-UC 45629