Bags of Mummified Person Fragments
1989.06.0001C
Basic Information
Artifact Identification | Bags of Mummified Person Fragments (1989.06.0001C) |
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Classification/ Nomenclature |
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Artist/Maker | None |
Geographic Location | |
Period/Date | Roman Empire, 50 – 150 CE |
Culture | Egyptian |
Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (N/A) | N/A |
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Dimension 2 (N/A) | N/A |
Dimension 3 (N/A) | N/A |
Weight | 63 g |
Measuring Remarks | Weight taken with little bags of fragments all in a large bad. Measurement waived. |
Materials | N/A |
Manufacturing Processes | N/A |
Munsell Color Information | N/A |
Research Remarks
Published Description | N/A |
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Description | N/A |
Comparanda | Brooklyn Museum Mummy 11.600B is similar and of quite good quality. It has a similar wreath (with a gray background) and is from Hawara. Also their mummy 40.386 is also similar style and quality with a gold wreath, from Fayum. |
Bibliography | "Bound for Eternity," Heritage (November 1990): 3-4. "Brown Blotch Befuddles Boffins," Heritage ( October 1993): 4. "From Egypt's Sand....To Prairie Land," Heritage (October 1989): 1-3. "Mummy Update," Heritage (Spring 1990): 6. Sarah Wisseman, The Virtual Mummy (in press, 2002, University of Illinois Press) Karen Wright, "Tales from the Crypt," Discover (July 1991) pp. 54-58 Sarah Wisseman, Linda Klepinger, Richard Keen, Mastura Raheel, and Joseph Barkmeier, "Interdisciplinary Analysis of a Roman Period Egyptian Mummy," Archaeometry '90 (Basel 1990) pp. 345-353 Mark Proefke, Kenneth Rinehart, Mastura Raheel, Stanley Ambrose, and Sarah Wisseman, "Probing the Mysteries of Ancient Egypt...," Analytical Chemistry 64 (2) Jan. 15, 1992, pp. 105A - 111A Raymond Evenhouse and Tony Stefanic, "Image Processing and Solid Modeling Recapture a Mummy's Face," Advanced Imaging (October 1992) pp. 40-43. Mark Proefke and Kenneth Rinehart, "Analysis of an Egyptian Mummy Resin by Mass Spectrometry," Journal of the American Mass Spectrometry Society 3 1992, pp. 582-589. Sarah Wisseman, "Imaging the Past...," in Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials, Sarah Wisseman and Wendell Williams, eds., (Gordon and Breach Science Publishers 1994), pp. 217-234 Barbara Bohen , "Collarborative Investigation of the University of Illinois Egypto-Roman Mummy," Proceedings of the I World Congress on Mummy Studies 91997) pp. 515-522. Wisseman, Sarah U. and David R. Hunt. "Rescanned: new Results from a Child Mummy at the University of Illinois." Yearbook of Mummy Studies, vol. 2, pp. 87-94. Munich: Verlag, 2014. |
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Artifact History
Archaeological Data | N/A |
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Credit Line/Dedication | N/A |
Reproduction | N/A |
Reproduction Information | N/A |