Ibis Mummy Late Period to Ptolemaic PeriodEgypt
Description
Object Label: The ideal votive animal mummy, as shown in the X-ray here, contains one animal wrapped in the linen package. Yet without an X-ray or CT scan, it is impossible to know whether an additional animal, or no animal at all, was included in the wrappings. Egyptians of the first millennium b.c.e. believed that they could appeal to the god Thoth to intercede in human affairs. Ibis mummies allowed such a petitioner to send a message to the god. Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Ibis Mummy, 400–110 B.C.E.. Animal remains (Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus or an African Sacred Ibis - Threskiornis aethiopicus), linen, pigment, 4 3/4 × 2 3/4 × 11 1/4 in. (12.1 × 7 × 28.6 cm) mount (display dims on support board): 4 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 15 in. (11.4 × 21.6 × 38.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1179.4. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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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 X1179.4 tier-2
- BKM-Object 184724 tier-2
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