Mummy Of Cat
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 May 1940
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mab B. Nilon
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Head, linen covered; painted features." From 1978 NMNH slide set caption: Cat "Mummy", wrapped linen, painted facial features, Egyptian. Circa 2007 Smithsonian poster of this object lists it as dating from 664 B.C. - 395 A.D. Note re photos: Negative # 78-8780 is oblique, dk, overview. 78-8781 is 3/4, dk, detail of head. 78-8782 is frontal, dk, detail of head. 78-8783 is profile, dk, detail of head.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Mummified cat, 332-30 B.C. CT scan reveals the fate of this elaborately wrapped cat. About 10 months old, it lies in a fetal position, and the neck vertebrae are out of alignment. It died of strangulation.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 156306
label: USNM Number
content: A381569-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Animal Mummy