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Coffin for an ibis containing a mummy

Conical Nile silt jar with rounded lip and two raised lines immediately below. It tapers to a convex base. It is slightly brownish on one side, and reddish on the other, probably due to firing. CT scans show a probably complete, but fragmented, skeleton of an adult ibis positioned on its back with the head on the chest. The animal appears to be wrapped in many layers of textile bandages with padding, and some areas, particularly in the skull area, were covered with what might have been a type of oily-resinous material.

Cat. 3507
Clay / Clay, Organic animal+plant fiber / Linen
45.5 cm
370–200 BCE
Late Period – Ptolemaic Period
Tebe
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824
Museum / Floor 1 / Room 11 RET / Cabinet 48 SA / Shelf 01
  • Ikram, Salima-Aicardi, Sara-Facchetti, Federica, The animal mummies of the Museo Egizio, Turin (Studi del Museo egizio 5), Torino, Museo egizio, Modena 2024, P.286, P.286.
    Tipo=Monografia SottoTipo= Autore=Ikram, Salima-Aicardi, Sara-Facchetti, Federica Titolo=The animal mummies of the Museo Egizio, Turin Sottotiolo= In= Collana=Studi del Museo egizio Opera=5 Luogo=Torino, Museo egizio, Modena Anno=2024 Menzionato=P.286 Illustrazione=P.286
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