Sacks Of Natron
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Nov 1964
name: label: Donor Name
content: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
notes: label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011, only 1 packet of the 3 is on display: Natron packet, Date unknown. Natron, a naturally occurring salt mined west of the Nile, absorbs water and dissolves body fats, an ideal combination for mummification.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2015
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 257506
label: USNM Number
content: A440014-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Natron / Bag