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Hawk Mummy

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Accession: 37.2042.3E
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26, or later
Date: 664–30 B.C.E.
Date range: 664 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['Animal remains (Common Kestrel', 'genus Falco)', 'linen', 'wood']
Height: 10.8 cm
Width: 7.6 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Hawk Mummy (37.2042.3E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18487

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Description

Object Label: The hawk mummy, with an elaborate pattern of dyed and undyed linen, comes from the Egypt Exploration Fund excavations in Abydos in 1913. The brown dye was made from iron-bearing clay. This pattern and dying technique help identify other animal mummies as being from this site. The falcon mummy, with undyed linen wrapped in concentric circles around it, has no known burial site. Scholars hope eventually to be able to identify the site or sites where this second wrapping technique was used, revealing more about this mummy than is currently known. Caption: Hawk Mummy, 664–30 B.C.E.. Animal remains (Common Kestrel, genus Falco), linen, wood, 4 1/4 × 3 × 16 3/4 in. (10.8 × 7.6 × 42.5 cm) mount (display dims on support board): 4 1/2 × 8 × 21 in. (11.4 × 20.3 × 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2042.3E. (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.

The image shows an ancient Egyptian mummified object, possibly an animal.

The artifact is wrapped in linen cloth, typical of mummification techniques used in ancient Egypt, likely intended for a small animal. The linen is tightly wound and shows signs of age, such as discoloration and fraying. There is no visible decoration or inscription on the wrappings, which are in a conical shape.

funerary unknown good

Materials linen

Connections

Found at Egypt

Materials Linen

Cross-references (2)

BKM-Accession 37.2042.3E tier-2
BKM-Object 186351 tier-2

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