Manchester Museum
Items in the collection
AEABB45
Plain and tightly wrapped complete bird mummy bundle. The head of the bundle is quite flat with the upper beak missing and the lower beak damaged. Dark patches are visible - possibly the application of resinous coatings.
Radiographs show a…
Radiographs show a…
AEABB46
Plain and tightly wrapped complete bird mummy bundle. The beak is exposed but intact. The bundle is very long and thin towards the tail end and has dark patches throughout - possibly the application of resinous coatings.
Radiographs show a…
Radiographs show a…
AEABB47
Plain and tightly wrapped complete bird mummy bundle. The beak is exposed and damaged. The linen wrappings are very dark in colour, likely due to an application of a resinous substance. The bundle is unusually wide below the neck region.…
AEABB48
Plain and tightly wrapped complete bird mummy bundle. The beak is exposed and intact and appears to be in an unusual position compared with other bird mummy bundles.
Complete and articulated skeleton of a Falco tinnunculus (Kestrel). The head has…
Complete and articulated skeleton of a Falco tinnunculus (Kestrel). The head has…
AEABB50
Plain and tightly wrapped complete bird mummy bundle. The bundle is very dark in colouration suggesting the application of a resinous substance.
Radiographs show a complete and articulated skeleton of a mature Falco tinunnculus (Kestrel). A…
Radiographs show a complete and articulated skeleton of a mature Falco tinunnculus (Kestrel). A…
AEABB51
A decorative bird mummy bundle with false feet and head with painted facial features. The remains of a linen chest plate is attached to a plain linen shroud, which is sewn up on the underside.
Radiographs show a complete and articulated skeleton…
Radiographs show a complete and articulated skeleton…
AEABB52
Tightly wrapped bird mummy bundle with painted Horus facial features and false feet.
Radiographs show a complete and articulated skeleton of an Accipiter nisus (Sparrowhawk). Metal pins have been used to secure the head and feet during a modern…
Radiographs show a complete and articulated skeleton of an Accipiter nisus (Sparrowhawk). Metal pins have been used to secure the head and feet during a modern…
AEABB53
An unwrapped mummy bundle through an upper aspect incision. The inner layer of bandages are darker, whilst the outer layers are lighter. 35-40 layers are estimated. The distal end is relatively well preserved, with a diamond lozenge pattern visible…
AEABB54
A complete mummy bundle in a flat, ovoid shape with a rhomboid, nested pattern on the exterior. What appears to be a modelled head (no facial features visible) is constructed with layered linen forming some type of collar.
Radiographs show…
Radiographs show…
AEABB55
A complete conical mummy bundle with diamond lozenge design in dark and medium brown linen. A false head has been added representing an ibis wearing an Atef crown.
Radiographs show the complete skeleton of an ibis species, likely Threskiornis…
Radiographs show the complete skeleton of an ibis species, likely Threskiornis…
AEABB56
A stylised, conical bundle with herringbone wrapping style and appliqué image of Thoth on throne wearing an Atef crown on the upper aspect.
Radiographs show the the semi-articulated, yet fragmented remains of an ibis species, likely Threskiornis…
Radiographs show the the semi-articulated, yet fragmented remains of an ibis species, likely Threskiornis…
AEABB57
A stylised bundle with a stylised head. False linen ears and painted facial features in black and red are evident, although there is some damage to the face. The body of the bundle is wrapped in linen strips bound adjacent to one another.…
AEABB58
A relatively long bundle with a plain, modelled head. The body is constructed of different sections of linen used to make up the outer layers, including a folded ribbon piece of linen circumventing the bundle from the neck downwards. It is unknown if…
AEABB61
A flat, amorphous mummy bundle wrapped in linen and coated in a dark brown crusted substance.
Radiographs show a complete and articulated skeleton of a juvenile Felis silvestris libyca (Wildcat). Individual was wrapped tightly with the lower…
Radiographs show a complete and articulated skeleton of a juvenile Felis silvestris libyca (Wildcat). Individual was wrapped tightly with the lower…
AEABB62
Poorly preserved, unwrapped partial cat skeleton.
Radiographs show not a complete skeleton - skull, disrupted cervical spine, incomplete thoracic spine, two complete upper limbs and four lumbar vertebrae. Difficult to assess age as it is…
Radiographs show not a complete skeleton - skull, disrupted cervical spine, incomplete thoracic spine, two complete upper limbs and four lumbar vertebrae. Difficult to assess age as it is…
AEABB63
An unwrapped cat head with yellowish fur visible. The ears flattened and some vertebrae remain attached.
Radiographs show the skull of a mature cat with five articulated cervical vertebrae. The dentition is all in situ. CT shows brain matter is…
Radiographs show the skull of a mature cat with five articulated cervical vertebrae. The dentition is all in situ. CT shows brain matter is…
AEABB65
Flat, amorphous mummy bundle wrapped in light linen.
Radiographs show Complete mummy bundle containing the semi-articulated skeleton of a mature cat. There is considerable disruption in the thoraco-lumbar region and the upper limbs are…
Radiographs show Complete mummy bundle containing the semi-articulated skeleton of a mature cat. There is considerable disruption in the thoraco-lumbar region and the upper limbs are…
AEABB70
Unwrapped crocodile mummy measuring 1.6m long. Evidence of a black coating poured directly onto the animal remains and some linen adhering to the body, indicating it was once wrapped. It is bow-shaped, presumably how the body was positioned during…
AEABB71
A complete crocodile mummy bundle with a plain, dark brown head and a stylised body with a decorative pattern on the upper aspect. There is evidence of plant material in the gaps in the wrappings.
Radiographs and CT show Evidence of four…
Radiographs and CT show Evidence of four…
AEABB72
This mummy bundle is wrapped in brown linen in the form of an aerial view of a crocodile with the tail shaped into a curve. Ancient string remains around the neck, body and tail in a criss-crossed pattern.
Radiographs show the bundle has a…
Radiographs show the bundle has a…