Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · other

Ibis Mummy

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Description

Caption: Ibis Mummy, 664–332 B.C.E.. Animal remains, linen, 15 × 5 1/4 × 4 in. (38.1 × 13.3 × 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2042.16E. (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.

An ancient Egyptian mummified animal wrapped in linen bandages.

The image depicts a mummified animal, possibly a bird or small mammal, wrapped in layers of linen bandages. The object has a conical shape, and the outer wrapping shows a careful arrangement of strips, characteristic of ancient Egyptian mummification techniques. The color is a natural linen tone, and there are no visible inscriptions or decorations on the surface.

funerary unknown good
Materials linen

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Materials Linen

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.2042.16E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 186364 tier-2
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