An ibis mummy wrapped to show the animal lying on its back with the beak resting on its ventral side and the legs drawn up to the body as if it were seated. Most of the external wrappings are missing, revealing the beak and feathers. Several pieces of bandage were used to ‘flesh’ out the bird. The dorsal side shows that the ibis was wrapped in overlapping spiral bandages and swatches of cloth secured with a dark resinous material. CT scans show the complete skeleton of an adult ibis, positioned on its back, with the head folded over the sternum, wings folded against the sides of the body, neck curved to S and legs flexed so that it appears seated. Possibly the bird had been eviscerated, desiccated, oiled and part of the body cavity filled with sand and gravel, and then, when still wet, set down in the same sandy matrix, which adhered to the mummy. Subsequently, it was wrapped.
