Ibis-Form Mummy in Jar
Description
Object Label: Ceramic jars were common, inexpensive coffins for animal mummies. There were two types of lids. In the first, a lid for an ordinary jar could be fashioned from mud and straw. In the second, an opening could be made in the jar while the clay was still wet; both the jar and its cover could then be fired together. Caption: Ibis-Form Mummy in Jar, 510–210 B.C.E.. Clay, animal remains, linen, 6 5/16 × 3 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (16 × 8.5 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1952Ea-c. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer))
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.
Ancient Egyptian clay pot with a wrapped object inside.
The artifact is a conical clay pot containing a wrapped item, possibly suggesting a burial or storage purpose. The pot shows signs of aging with some lime deposits on its surface. The style and construction indicate a utilitarian design, typical of everyday objects in ancient Egypt.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1952Ea-c tier-2
- BKM-Object 118456 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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