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Mehit-em-Wesekht and Sarcophagus

Object | Part of History collection

FE003200; Mummy and Sarcophagus; circa 300 BCE; Unknown
FE003200; Mummy and Sarcophagus; circa 300 bce; Unknown; sycamore; Egypt; detail 1
FE003200 ; Mummy and Sarcophagus; circa 300 bce; Unknown; sycamore; Egypt; detail 3
FE003200; Mummy and Sarcophagus; circa 300 bce; Unknown; sycamore; Egypt; detail 4
FE003200; Mummy and Sarcophagus; circa 300 bce; Unknown; sycamore; Egypt; detail 6
FE003200; Mummy and Sarcophagus; circa 300 bce; Unknown; sycamore; Egypt; Detail 8
FE003200; Mummy and Sarcophagus; circa 300 bce; Unknown; sycamore; Egypt; Detail 9
FE003200; Mummy and Sarcophagus; circa 300 bce; Unknown; sycamore; Egypt; detail 12
FE003200; Mummy and Sarcophagus; circa 300 bce; Unknown; sycamore; Egypt; detail 13
FE003200; Mummy and Sarcophagus; circa 300 bce; Unknown; sycamore; Egypt; detail 24
FE003200; Mummy and Sarcophagus; circa 300 bce; Unknown; sycamore; Egypt; detail 25
FE003200; Mummy and Sarcophagus; circa 300 bce; Unknown ; After treatment
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item details

NameMehit-em-Wesekht and Sarcophagus
ProductionUnknown; maker/artist; circa 300 BCE; Egypt
Classificationsarcophagi, mummies, mummy cases
Materialssycamore, gesso, linen, gold, pigment
DimensionsOverall: 550mm (width), 1890mm (height), 460mm (length)
Registration NumberFE003200
Credit lineGift of Charles Rooking Carter, 1885

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