Title: Sacred animal mummy of an ibis inside a jar
Object type: Jar, Ibis mummy
Date: ca. 400 B.C.–100 A.D.
Period: Late Period–Roman Period
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.)
Credit line: Gift of Egypt Exploration Fund, 1913
Geography: From    Egypt Northern Upper Egypt Abydos Ibis Cemetery  Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1912–13 
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals, term: Mummies