Funerary Urn Of Earthenware containing Ibis Mummy
date: label: Accession Date
content: 26 Aug 1913
name: label: Donor Name
content: Egyptian Exploration Fund
label: Site Name
content: Abydos
notes: label: Notes
content: Earthenware with Ibis Mummy inside. Cone-shaped for holding mummified animal.
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Ceramic vessel with mummified ibis; Species: Threskiornis aethiopicus, sacred ibis; 332-30 B.C. Archaeologists excavated hundreds of ibises sealed in egg-shaped ceramic jars like this at Abydos, a pilgrimage site dedicated to Osiris. Pilgrims wishing to send a request to the divine world may have appealed to Thoth, who was known as an excellent messenger.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Upper Egypt, 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: 055827
label: USNM Number
content: A279283-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jar / Animal Mummy