Ibis Mummy
Description
Object Label: The shape of this animal mummy resembles that of a human mummy or the figure of the god Osiris, king of the dead. The painted plaster remains of an elaborate headdress, like those worn by kings, and a curved beard also emphasized for an Egyptian viewer this mummy’s close connection with Osiris. The X-ray shows a complete ibis inside the wrappings. Caption: Ibis Mummy, 664–332 B.C.E.. Animal remains, linen, cartonnage, pigment, 23 × 7 × 4 in. (58.4 × 17.8 × 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1986E. (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.
The artifact is a mummified ibis wrapped in linen, with an ornate covering.
The artifact depicts a mummified ibis, a type of bird often associated with the deity Thoth in ancient Egypt. It is wrapped elegantly in linen with a decorative covering near the head. The covering seems to be made of painted wood or cartonnage featuring a depiction of a shrine or architectural facade. The composition is typical of funerary practices to honor sacred animals.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1986E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118488 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.
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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