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Mummified Person Fragment (Feet)

1989.06.0001B

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Basic Information

Artifact Identification Mummified Person Fragment (Feet)   (1989.06.0001B)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Ceremonial Artifacts
    3. :
  3. Funerary Objects
Artist/Maker Unknown
Geographic Location
Period Roman Empire
Date 50 – 150 CE
Culture Egyptian
Location Not on Exhibit

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) N/A
Dimension 2 (Width) N/A
Dimension 3 (Depth) N/A
Weight 203 g
Measuring Remarks Under Review
Materials Textile--Linen, Plant--Flax, Plant--Fiber, Pigment--Paint, Resin, Animal--Bone, Animal--Skin--with Fur/Feathers/Scales, Animal--Tendon, Animal--Mammal--Primate--Human,
Manufacturing Processes Weaving, Wrapping, Painting

Research Remarks

Description N/A
Published Description N/A
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

Credit Line/Dedication N/A
Reproduction no

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