mummy label

Greek words on a mummy label. Wooden label in the shape of a tabula ansata. Seven lines written in ink on the smooth surface of the recto. Translation: "Hermiysis, [son] of Kollouthos, farewell! Kollouthos to Kallistos: When the mummy of my child reaches you, keep guard until I arrive," ... In Graeco-Roman Egypt...People who had died away from home were normally shipped back for burial in their lo…