AEABB165
Description
EXTERNAL APPEARANCE
Conical shaped bundle with numerous layers of bandages, solid piece of background linen with applique ibis decoration. Bandaging is frayed and the contents feel loose and mobile. Hole visible, black layer underneath and bone visible.
Conical shaped bundle with numerous layers of bandages, solid piece of background linen with applique ibis decoration. Bandaging is frayed and the contents feel loose and mobile. Hole visible, black layer underneath and bone visible.
Date
Ptolemaic. "...no dedicatory or inscriptions were found in the galleries themselves, in contrast to the catacombs of the falcons, baboons and cows…neither did the bird mummies or their containers yield any material of chronological value." (Martin 1981, 7)
Source
EES acquisition. Object label reads "Saqqara 3508-166. Type 04. 1971.122" Martin 1981, 196 associates BB164 and 165 together.
Rights
Oriental Museum, Durham
Publisher
Manchester Museum
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In collection
Cite as
“AEABB165,” Ancient Egyptian Animal Bio Bank, accessed April 23, 2024, https://www.mummies.manchester.ac.uk/items/show/160.
Item Relations
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