Ancient Egyptian tongue cover from Tanis San el Hagar dated 30 BC – AD 395

Gold foil tongue ornamant found on mummy in grave in long low tell on the south of San el-Hagar.

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1886.28.38
  • Material: gold
  • Period: Roman Period
  • Excavator: W.M.F. Petrie
  • Dated: 30 BC - AD 395
  • Object name: tongue cover
  • Dimensions: Length: 38mm , Width: 27mm , Depth: 1mm , Length (packing dimension): 115mm , Width (packing dimension): 77mm , Depth: 4mm
  • Published references: Petrie Tanis I p 37 (error says distributed to Boston)
  • Site: Tanis
  • Latitude: 30.976944
  • Longitude: 31.88