Ibis Mummy Early Roman PeriodAbydos, Egypt
Description
Object Label: Often, the more elaborate the wrapping, the less likely it is that the whole animal is inside, as the two CT scans shown here reveal. Perhaps the intricate wrapping substitutes for the animal. This ibis is the most elaborately wrapped of all the animal mummies on display here. The herringbone pattern linen, the beak, and the elaborate crown all cover a mummy made only from ibis feathers. In contrast, the simple circular wrapping of this cat, with a head modeled in linen, conceals a complete cat mummy. Caption: Ibis Mummy, 30 B.C.E.–100 C.E.. Animal remains, resin, linen, Ibis mummy with headdress: 30 5/16 × 5 1/2 × 8 1/4 in. (77 × 14 × 21 cm) a - Ibis mummy without headdress: 24 7/16 × 5 5/16 × 8 1/4 in. (62 × 13.5 × 21 cm) b - Headdress: 15 × 13 11/16 × 2 11/16 in. (38.1 × 34.8 × 6.9 cm) mount (display dims on support board): 7 × 9 × 34 1/4 in. (17.8 × 22.9 × 87 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egypt Exploration Fund, 14.655a-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer)) Tags Brooklyn Icons
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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 14.655a-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 8647 tier-2
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