mummy hand

 

Mummy hand

The very well-preserved left hand of a female mummy, broken off at the wrist, coated with bitumen and bearing traces of gilding. On the first finger is a ring of gold wire with a bezel consisting of a lapis lazuli obelisk capped with gold, the base is gold with wire scroll and granulated goldwork decoration. The obelisk is pierced through the shaft for the gold wire. On the second finger is a ring with a similar bezel, also capped in gold. On the third finger is a gold wire ring with a small lapis lazuli scarab in it. The fourth finger carries a ring of gold with a flattened lozenge-shaped bezel.

Present location LIVERPOOL MUSEUM [03/061] LIVERPOOL

Inventory number M11438

Dating ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site SAQQARA NECROPOLIS ?

Category ELEMENT OF HUMAN MUMMY

Material LAPIS LAZULI; GOLD; ORGANIC

Bibliography

Piotr Bienkowski and Angela Tooley., Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in Liverpool Museum., 1995., 56; pl.81.

Charles Gatty., Catalogue of the Mayer Collection (Part One)., 1879., 29-30, No 130.

P.H.K. Gray and Dorothy Slow; 'Egyptian Mummies in the City of Liverpool Museums.' 1968.

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