Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy Egypt
Description
Object Label: Mummies of animals, the most numerous type of artifact from ancient Egypt, number in the millions. The animals mummified represented a god or goddess, such as the cat belonging to the goddess Bastet or the ibis belonging to the god Thoth. Some animal mummies contained a papyrus with a request to the god written on it. Animals were mummified using the same techniques as with humans. Caption: Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.–1st century C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm) 37 lb. (16.78kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer))
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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 37.1841Ea tier-2
- BKM-Object 4184 tier-2
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