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Mummy
Mummy

Mummy

Date2700 BC-395 AD
MediumBone, glass
DimensionsObject/Work: 30 x 120 mm
ClassificationsNatural sciences/Animal/Plant
Terms
    Object numberC07377
    DescriptionBones of a mummified Ibis, contained in a glass vial stopped with a cork.

    Animals were often mummified and used as messengers or offerings to the gods in the afterlife. The dead animal would carry the message from the living to the god in question. The Ibis were the sacred animals of the god Thoth, god of the moon and scribe of the gods.


    On View
    Not on view
    Mummy
    2700 BC-395 AD
    Mummy
    2000-50 BC
    Figurine
    3100-525 BC
    Statuette
    Giovanni D'Athanasi
    664-525 BC
    Canopic Jar
    James Burton
    2400-30 BC
    Vase
    1800-1850
    Giovanni D'Athanasi
    664-525 BC
    Talisman
    45-400
    Statuette
    12 BC-400 AD
    Mummy
    2700 BC-395 AD
    Ancient Egyptian limestone Prayer-tablet.
    Giovanni D'Athanasi
    2900-1300 BC
    Fragment
    2000 BC-1500 AD