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animal mummy
;
mummy-wrapping
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
Excavated by:
Dr David George Hogarth
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Asyut
Materials
bull tissue
wood
reed
linen
Dimensions
Height:
41 centimetres
(max)
Length:
67.50 centimetres
(max)
Bibliographic references
Ryan 1988 / The Archaeological Excavations of David George Hogarth at Asyut, Egypt 1906/7
(48)
Location
Not on display
Condition
poor (wrappings extensively worn)
Subjects
ancient egyptian deity
Associated names
Emblem of:
Apis
Acquisition date
1907
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA47615
Registration number
1907,0511.629