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Mummy covered with five pieces of cartonnage

Mummy covered with five pieces of cartonnage
© BA Antiquities Museum/C. Gerigk

Registration Number(s)
BAAM Serial Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum Number 0615

Inv.Inventory
 (Al Ashmunin storerooms) 4717

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showcase 6

Mummy covered with five pieces of cartonnage

Category:
Organic remains, human remains, mummies
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period, Roman Period (31 BCE-395 CE)
Provenance:
Upper Egypt, Minya, Deir El-Bersha / El-Bersha
Material(s):
  • Man made material, cartonnage
  • Organic material, fiber (from plants/animals), linen
Length:
158 cm;
Width:
38 cm
Hall:
In the Afterlife, showcase 6



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Zahi Hawass, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: The Archaeology Museum (Cairo: The Supreme Council of Antiquities, 2002): 90.
  • Mona Serry, ed., Bibliotheca Alexandrina: Antiquities Museum, introduction by Ismail Serageldin (Alexandria: Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Antiquities Museum, 2015): 90-91, 320.

 

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