AEABB78
Description
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 incomplete animal remains consisting of a single feline vertebra and radio-opaque patches. The head and body are completely modelled from linen. CT shows that aside from the single vertebra visible in radiographs, the only other skeletal material present in this cat mummy are unidentifiable fragments. The heavy use of linen is highlighted to create the bundle shape and structure, and accounts for its slightly 'bendy' level of preservation.
Museum Acquisition Number: 6293
Radiographs show incomplete animal remains consisting of a single feline vertebra and radio-opaque patches. The head and body are completely modelled from linen. CT shows that aside from the single vertebra visible in radiographs, the only other skeletal material present in this cat mummy are unidentifiable fragments. The heavy use of linen is highlighted to create the bundle shape and structure, and accounts for its slightly 'bendy' level of preservation.
Museum Acquisition Number: 6293
Date
Recorded as 22nd Dynasty
Source
Beni Hasan. Collected by Prof. J. Garstang and acquired from Liverpool Institute of Archaeology in Egypt, 1910-11 or 1920.
Rights
Manchester Museum
Central Manchester University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Central Manchester University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Format
JPG
Original Format
JPG
Tags
In collection
Cite as
“AEABB78,” Ancient Egyptian Animal Bio Bank, accessed May 3, 2024, https://www.mummies.manchester.ac.uk/items/show/126.
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