Sacred animal mummy of an ibis inside a jar
Object type: Jar, Ibis mummy
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Period–Roman Period
Date: ca. 400 B.C.–100 A.D.
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.)
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Abydos
Locale: Ibis Cemetery
Excavation: Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1912–13
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1913
Accession year: 1913
Tags: Animals|Mummies