Mummied Ibis
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: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Mummified ibis; Species: Threskiornis aethiopicus, sacred ibis (probable); 332-30 B.C. Molten resin and oil burned through the feathers to the bone when embalmers prepared this ibis. The sand and gravel stuck to the narrow end may mean that they stood the mummy up on the ground to dry.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
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: A279286-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Animal Mummy