Sacred animal mummy of an ibis inside a jar

Medium

Pottery, linen, animal remains, mummification materials

Dimensions

(a-b jar, mummy) H. 43 cm (16 15/16 in.); Diam. 19.5 cm (7 11/16 in.); (c-lid) H. 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in.); W. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.); D. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.)

Classification

Jar, Ibis mummy

Period

Late Period–Roman Period

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1913

Accession Number

13.186.4a–c

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