Mummified Cat
Description
Caption: Mummified Cat, 305 B.C.E.–395 C.E.. Animal remains, linen, pigment, 14 7/8 × 2 3/4 × 3 3/4 in. (37.8 × 7 × 9.5 cm) mount (dims for support-board display): 3 3/4 × 7 × 18 in. (9.5 × 17.8 × 45.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 05.307. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A wrapped limb from an ancient Egyptian mummy.
The image depicts a single limb from an Egyptian mummy, wrapped in linen bandages. The bandaging is loose in some areas, revealing underlying layers. The artifact appears to be carefully wrapped, a practice associated with mummification rituals. The wrapping is made of linen, with visible wear and age, suggesting historical origin.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 05.307 tier-2
- BKM-Object 17360 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
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