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Crocodile mummy

Foreleg of a crocodile covered with blackening resins and oils. No textile is preserved on this mummy part. It is possible that tourists acquired only a part of a crocodile mummy as a souvenir as the entire animal would have been difficult to transport.

The CT scans show the forearm and hand of the left front limb of an adult crocodile.

Provv. 1462
Organic animal+plant fiber
19.4 cm
190–50 BCE
Late Period
Unknown, 1824–1923
Museum / Floor 1 / Room 11 RET / Cabinet 50 Mummies / Shelf 02
  • 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.348, P.348.
    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.348 Illustrazione=P.348
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