Cat mummy

Museum number:
5-14843
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21050014843
Accession number:
Acc.3155
Description:
Mummy of an animal; possibly a cat; linen wrappings. Length: 26 cm.
Donor:
Donald Heyneman
Collection place:
Uncertain site, Egypt
Culture or time period:
26th Dynasty of Egypt (664–525 BC), 27th Dynasty of Egypt (525–404 BC), 28th Dynasty of Egypt (404–399 BC), 29th Dynasty of Egypt (399–380 BC), 2nd Persian Period of Egypt (343–332 BC), 30th Dynasty of Egypt (380–343 BC), Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC), and Roman Empire (27 BC–395 AD)
Collector:
Donald Heyneman
Collection date:
August 1975
Materials:
Bone (material) and Linen (material)
Taxon:
Felis catus
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Mummies (bodies)
Accession date:
August 6, 1975
Context of use:
used as a votive offering
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Dimensions:
length 26 centimeters
Comment:
Attributions of dates, culture and use - Late, Ptolemaic or Roman period
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 11 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-14843, described as Mummy of an animal; possibly a cat; linen wrappings. Length: 26 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 11 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-14843, described as Mummy of an animal; possibly a cat; linen wrappings. Length: 26 cm.Hearst Museum object 3 of 11 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-14843, described as Mummy of an animal; possibly a cat; linen wrappings. Length: 26 cm.Hearst Museum object 4 of 11 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-14843, described as Mummy of an animal; possibly a cat; linen wrappings. Length: 26 cm.Hearst Museum object 5 of 11 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-14843, described as Mummy of an animal; possibly a cat; linen wrappings. Length: 26 cm.Hearst Museum object 6 of 11 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-14843, described as Mummy of an animal; possibly a cat; linen wrappings. Length: 26 cm.Hearst Museum object 7 of 11 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-14843, described as Mummy of an animal; possibly a cat; linen wrappings. Length: 26 cm.Hearst Museum object 8 of 11 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-14843, described as Mummy of an animal; possibly a cat; linen wrappings. Length: 26 cm.Hearst Museum object 9 of 11 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-14843, described as Mummy of an animal; possibly a cat; linen wrappings. Length: 26 cm.Hearst Museum object 10 of 11 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-14843, described as Mummy of an animal; possibly a cat; linen wrappings. Length: 26 cm.Hearst Museum object 11 of 11 titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-14843, described as Mummy of an animal; possibly a cat; linen wrappings. Length: 26 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cat mummy, accession number 5-14843, described as Mummy of an animal; possibly a cat; linen wrappings. Length: 26 cm.

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