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Dog Mummy

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.1984E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.1984E
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 27, or later
Date: 510–230 B.C.E.
Date range: 510 BCE – 230 BCE
Materials: ['Animal remains', 'linen']
Height: 43.2 cm
Width: 14.9 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Dog Mummy (37.1984E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18281

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Description

Object Label: Scholars associate the coffered, box-like pattern of linen wrapping on this dog mummy with the Roman Period in Egypt (30 B.C.E.–395 C.E.). Yet carbon 14 dating of a linen sample from this mummy suggests the linen is at least two hundred years older than that period. Either very old linen was recycled in the process of mummy making or this distinctive pattern of wrapping existed earlier than scholars had suspected. Future tests might resolve this question by sampling and testing the animal itself. Caption: Dog Mummy, 510–230 B.C.E.. Animal remains, linen, 17 × 5 7/8 × 3 1/4 in. (43.2 × 14.9 × 8.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1984E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A vertically oriented bundle of mummified animal remains wrapped in layered linen, shaped like a dog or similar small mammal.

The image shows an elongated, cylindrical/club-shaped object with a dark, desiccated head or upper end and the rest wrapped in multiple bands of linen. The linen wraps form rectilinear, compartment-like patterns where strips overlap, and there are visible lacunae and flaking along the surface. The lower end is partly damaged, with frayed fibers and tears. No clearly legible hieroglyphs or inscriptions are visible, and no carved cartouches, royal titulary, or deities are depicted. The overall appearance is consistent with a mummified animal placed in linen wrappings, matching the catalogue subject of a "Dog Mummy."

funerary Late Period to Ptolemaic Period (as catalogued); exact date uncertain from the image alone. fragmentary

Materials animal remainslinen (wraps)

Connections

Materials Linen Animal Remains

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.1984E tier-2
BKM-Object 4196 tier-2

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