Item list (35 total)
- Collection: Manchester Museum
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Max Emil Robinow (1845-1900)
Born in Hamburg, Germany, Max Emil made his money in the shipping industry as part of Gottschadk and Co. He moved to Manchester and became a British citizen in 1875. He travelled to Egypt in 1895-6 and competed for high-quality Egyptian antiquities…
AEABB89
A crocodile mummy shaped bundle with a very dark layer of linen on the outer aspect.
Radiographs show a complete mummy bundle containing no skeletal material. There are two radiodense areas and the end of the tail has become detached, but is…
Radiographs show a complete mummy bundle containing no skeletal material. There are two radiodense areas and the end of the tail has become detached, but is…
AEABB88
A circular-top conical shaped bundle with bi-coloured geometric design covering the entire bundle.
Radiographs and CT show evidence of reeds laid longitudinally with a radiodense anomaly at the proximal end of the bundle. The radiodensity of the…
Radiographs and CT show evidence of reeds laid longitudinally with a radiodense anomaly at the proximal end of the bundle. The radiodensity of the…
AEABB87
An amorphous (ovoid and slightly flat) linen bundle.
Radiographs show a complete mummy bundle, containing unidentifiable skeletal remains. CT confirms the presence of skeletal remains but due to the flat perspective of the bundle, these are not…
Radiographs show a complete mummy bundle, containing unidentifiable skeletal remains. CT confirms the presence of skeletal remains but due to the flat perspective of the bundle, these are not…
AEABB86
A small, sock-like linen holder containined a fashioned linen item, possibly intended to be feline.
Radiographs show a complete mummy bundle containing a mass of small unidentifiable bones with visible growth plates which have fallen to the…
Radiographs show a complete mummy bundle containing a mass of small unidentifiable bones with visible growth plates which have fallen to the…
AEABB84
A small bundle with a square lozenge design on the upper aspect and a linen shroud around the sides and lower aspect. A relatively crude false head from a linen shroud is also attempted.
Radiographs show a complete mummy bundle containing no…
Radiographs show a complete mummy bundle containing no…
AEABB82
Complete 'sausage' shaped mummy bundle wrapped tightly in dark brown linen. Reeds are exposed mid-section.
Radiographs show radiodense anomalies towards the edges and the presence of reeds on either side of the anomalies. CT shows what seems to…
Radiographs show radiodense anomalies towards the edges and the presence of reeds on either side of the anomalies. CT shows what seems to…
AEABB81
An anthropoid shaped bundle with a gilded falcon head and chest plate. The modelled body and false feet are covered with a fine linen shroud.
Radiographs show no skeletal material and the presence of longitudinally laid reeds that form the core…
Radiographs show no skeletal material and the presence of longitudinally laid reeds that form the core…
AEABB79
A relatively complete crocodile shaped mummy bundle composed of visible plant material (reeds) with a dark layer of linen (missing in the mid-section). Linen string secures the proximal and distal ends.
Radiographs show a complete mummy bundle…
Radiographs show a complete mummy bundle…
AEABB78
A complete cat mummy bundle in the classic 'skittle' shape with a modelled head, false ears and facial features. A collar of linen strips is visible and a square lozenge design is created on the upper aspect of the body.
Radiographs show…
Radiographs show…
AEABB76
An amorphous shaped bundle wrapped in medium brown lienen with a longer ovoid shaped bundle attached to the upper aspect.
Radiographs show a complete mummy bundle containing the skeleton of a shrew sp. (C. flavescens or S. murinus). CT shows that…
Radiographs show a complete mummy bundle containing the skeleton of a shrew sp. (C. flavescens or S. murinus). CT shows that…
AEABB75
A complete crocodile mummy bundle wrapped in light brown linen. Linen string was applied in a circular motion around the bundle to secure the linen wrappings, and is denser at the proximal and distal ends.
Radiographs show the mummy bundle is…
Radiographs show the mummy bundle is…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…