Mummy Of "Kitten"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 13 May 1940
name: label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Mab B. Nilon
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Wrapped in linen."
label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Mummified "cat", 332-30 B.C. The Egyptian pilgrim who purchased this cat mummy may not have known it holds no remains. Empty animal mummies were not uncommon. It is possible that priests conducted a ritual to transform empty mummies into proper offerings, then sold them at a bargain price.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Dec 2015
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: A381572-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Animal Mummy