Ibis Mummy
Description
Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Ibis Mummy, 664–30 B.C.E.. Animal remains, linen, 6 5/16 × 7 7/16 × 19 3/4 in. (16.1 × 18.9 × 50.2 cm) mount (dims with display board - 2025): 7 1/2 × 24 × 12 in. (19.1 × 61 × 30.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1183.1. (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.
A wrapped ancient Egyptian artifact, possibly a funerary object.
The artifact appears to be wrapped in linen, suggestive of mummification or preservation processes typical in ancient Egyptian funerary practices. The linen is slightly frayed, indicating age, and is wrapped around a conical shape. The object lacks visible inscriptions or decoration typical of royal or religious artifacts.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession X1183.1 tier-2
- BKM-Object 186387 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.