Large Bull Mummy/1
date: label: Accession Date
content: 4 Jun 1956
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. H. Abbott
label: Donor Name
content: Brooklyn Museum
label: Site Name
content: Dashur (Dahshur)
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Late Ptolemaic to Early Roman Period (200 B.C. - 200 A.D.) Some cartonnage left on forehead and has a loop under the neck in blue, gold and white. C14 date based on linen wrappings: Age 2050 plus or minus 200 yrs. (B.P.) Cf. USGS lab no W-780, 6/11/1959. Exhibit, Hall 26, 1976." 1978 NMNH slide set caption: Bull Mummy. disarticulated bones wrapped with linen, cartonage around head, Egyptian, Dashur, Ptolemaic, ca. 2050 B.P. Hall 26 exhibit label notes that the bull mummy is shaped correctly but actually contains disarticulated bones filled out with cloth stuffing. Note re photos: Negative # 78-8845 profile, lt, overview. 78-8846 3/4 view, lt, overview. See accession history for detailed info. on collection/donation of this artifact and the others in this collection.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Dashur (Dahshur), Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Late Ptolemaic/Roman
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 209589
label: USNM Number
content: A413941-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Animal Mummy