Crocodile mummy

Museum number:
6-21634
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.54/56/63/107
Description:
Small mummified crocodile.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Cemetery 6, Tebtunis, Faiyum region
Verbatim coll. place:
Tebtunis (Umm el Baragat)?; C. 6 Cemetery VI
Culture or time period:
Ptolemaic dynasty (332–31 BC) and Roman Empire (27 BC–395 AD)
Collector:
Arthur S. Hunt and Bernard P. Grenfell
Collection date:
1899-1900
Taxon:
Crocodylus niloticus
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Mummies (bodies)
Department:
Ancient Egypt
Loans:
S1978-1979 #54: California State University, Chico (March 27, 1979–February 22, 1980) and S2018-2019 #8: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley) (September 17, 2019–January 19, 2021)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 9 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21634, described as Small mummified crocodile.Hearst Museum object 2 of 9 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21634, described as Small mummified crocodile.Hearst Museum object 3 of 9 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21634, described as Small mummified crocodile.Hearst Museum object 4 of 9 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21634, described as Small mummified crocodile.Hearst Museum object 5 of 9 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21634, described as Small mummified crocodile.Hearst Museum object 6 of 9 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21634, described as Small mummified crocodile.Hearst Museum object 7 of 9 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21634, described as Small mummified crocodile.Hearst Museum object 8 of 9 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21634, described as Small mummified crocodile.Hearst Museum object 9 of 9 titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21634, described as Small mummified crocodile.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Crocodile mummy, accession number 6-21634, described as Small mummified crocodile.

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