Ibis Mummy
Description
Caption: Ibis Mummy, 760–399 B.C.E.. Animal remains, linen, 30 × 7 5/8 × 5 1/2 in. (76.2 × 19.4 × 14 cm) as mounted: 7 × 11 × 33 in. (17.8 × 27.9 × 83.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1990E. (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.
A wrapped ancient Egyptian mummy in a conical shape.
The artifact is an Egyptian mummy wrapped tightly in linen. Its conical shape is typical of traditional mummification, with layers of linen creating a uniform appearance. The head area appears to have more detailed wrapping, possibly indicating facial features. The coloration has aged, showing brownish tones common with ancient linen.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1990E tier-2
- BKM-Object 118491 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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