animal mummy

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Object Type: animal mummy
Museum number: EA38562
Description: A large mummified crocodile with over 20 mummified infant crocodiles mounted on reeds adhering to its back; whole coated with a black resin. Traces of linen wrappings remain on the bodies.
Cultures/periods: Late Period
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Kom Ombo, Temple to Sobek and Horus
Materials: crocodile tissue; reed (split reed mace); resin; linen; flax; beeswax
Dimensions: Height: 24.50 centimetres (Approx); Height: 46.50 centimetres (Overall measurement including handling board and wheels); Length: 384 centimetres (Approx including tail fragment); Length: 394 centimetres (Handling board); Weight: 97.40 kilograms (Including handling board); Width: 36 centimetres (Approx); Width: 44.80 centimetres (Handling board)
Location: Not on display
Condition: fair - tip of tail broken off - thus 2 items
Subjects: animal
Acquisition name: Donated by: Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Previous owner: Previous owner/ex-collection: Jacques Jean Marie de Morgan
Acquisition date: 1895
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA38562
Registration number: 1895,1231.1
Conservation: Treatment: 28 Sep 2015; Treatment: 23 Apr 1994

Free entry