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Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Hawk Mummy

664–30 B.C.E.

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Object Label

The hawk mummy, with an elaborate pattern of dyed and undyed linen, comes from the Egypt Exploration Fund excavations in Abydos in 1913. The brown dye was made from iron-bearing clay. This pattern and dying technique help identify other animal mummies as being from this site.

The falcon mummy, with undyed linen wrapped in concentric circles around it, has no known burial site. Scholars hope eventually to be able to identify the site or sites where this second wrapping technique was used, revealing more about this mummy than is currently known.

Caption

Hawk Mummy, 664–30 B.C.E.. Animal remains (Common Kestrel, genus Falco), linen, wood, 4 1/4 × 3 × 16 3/4 in. (10.8 × 7.6 × 42.5 cm) mount (display dims on support board): 4 1/2 × 8 × 21 in. (11.4 × 20.3 × 53.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.2042.3E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer))

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Hawk Mummy

Date

664–30 B.C.E.

Dynasty

Dynasty 26, or later

Period

Late Period to Ptolemaic Period

Geography

Place made: Egypt

Medium

Animal remains (Common Kestrel, genus Falco), linen, wood

Classification

Remains, Animal

Dimensions

4 1/4 × 3 × 16 3/4 in. (10.8 × 7.6 × 42.5 cm) mount (display dims on support board): 4 1/2 × 8 × 21 in. (11.4 × 20.3 × 53.3 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

37.2042.3E

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