Ibis-Form Mummy in Jar
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Object Label
Ceramic jars were common, inexpensive coffins for animal mummies. There were two types of lids. In the first, a lid for an ordinary jar could be fashioned from mud and straw. In the second, an opening could be made in the jar while the clay was still wet; both the jar and its cover could then be fired together.
Caption
Ibis-Form Mummy in Jar, 510–210 B.C.E.. Clay, animal remains, linen, 6 5/16 × 3 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (16 × 8.5 × 7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1952Ea-c. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer), 37.1952Ea-b_view2_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)
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Gallery
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Title
Ibis-Form Mummy in Jar
Date
510–210 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 27, or later
Period
Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Clay, animal remains, linen
Classification
Dimensions
6 5/16 × 3 3/8 × 2 3/4 in. (16 × 8.5 × 7 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
37.1952Ea-c
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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