Mummified Person

1989.06.0001A

Object Image

Basic Information

Artifact Identification Mummified Person   (1989.06.0001A)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
  2. :
  3. Ceremonial Artifacts
  4. :
  5. Funerary Objects
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period/Date Roman Empire, 50 – 150
Culture Egyptian

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 128.1 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 36.7 cm
Dimension 3 (Depth) 19.1 cm
Weight 203 g
Measuring Remarks Weight taken during scan of mummy on March 29, 2011. Weight includes the feet.
Materials Textile--Linen, Pigment--Paint, Resin, Plant, Human
Manufacturing Processes Weaving, Painting
Munsell Color Information waived

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
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 , "Collaborative 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
Credit Line/Dedication N/A
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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