Mummy Tag of Neilos
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Caption
Mummy Tag of Neilos, ca. 150–250 B.C.E.. Wood, pigment, 2 5/16 × 4 9/16 in. (5.8 × 11.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.644. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Title
Mummy Tag of Neilos
Date
ca. 150–250 B.C.E.
Period
Ptolemaic Period
Medium
Wood, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
2 5/16 × 4 9/16 in. (5.8 × 11.6 cm)
Inscriptions
Neilos, son of Sarapion. 35 years of age. May your name live before Osiris-Sokar, the great god, lord of Abydos, Neilos, son of Sarapion, being in your thrity-fifth year.
Credit Line
Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
Accession Number
16.644
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