animal mummy; mummy-wrapping

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Object Type: animal mummy; mummy-wrapping
Museum number: EA47615
Description: Mummy of an Apis bull, probably consisting of the head and some of the principal bones, horns damaged, the body appears to be made up of a wooden and reed frame, enclosing bones and covered with narrow linen bandages, the head is covered with red/brown linen and the eyes indicated by applied strips of lighter-coloured linen, the whole is very dilapidated. There is also a small envelope containing fragments of the wrappings.
Excavator/field collector
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Asyut
Materials: bull tissue; wood; reed; linen
Dimensions: Height: 41 centimetres (max); Length: 67.50 centimetres (max)
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: poor (wrappings extensively worn)
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Associated names
Acquisition date: 1907
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA47615
Registration number: 1907,0511.629

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