Object Details
- Collector
- Unknown
- Donor Name
- E F. Brylawski
- IN THE FORM OF A SEATED BABOON. PROBABLY FROM THE HELLENISTIC-ROMAN PERIOD AND OF THE TYPE PRESENTED AT CEREMONIES HONORING A GOD. THE BABOON SYMBOLIZED THE GOD OF WISDOM, THOTH. (THIS INFORMATION PROVIDED BT DR. GUS VAN BEEK, CURATOR OF OLD WORLD ARCHEOLOGY, NMNH, 1992). X-RAYS TAKEN IN 1992 BY DAVID HUNT, MUSEUM SPECIALIST IN PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, NMNH, SHOWED NO EVIDENCE OF SKELETAL MATERIAL. SURFACE BADLY ERODED ON LOWER PORTION.
- From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Baboon-shaped mummy, 332-30 B.C. This mummy looks like a baboon, but the CT scan shows only linen scraps and a wooden stick inside. Baboons went extinct in Egypt well before the fifth century BC, and Egyptians imported them from Nubia and other southern countries - something only the wealthy could afford. Baboon offerings honored Thoth.
- Record Last Modified
- 2 Dec 2015
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian, Late Period, Dynasty XXVI (?)
- Accession Date
- 22 Jan 1992
- Collection Date
- 1959
- Accession Number
- 390890
- USNM Number
- A542222-0
- Object Type
- Animal Mummy
- Length - Object
- 31.5 cm
- Width - Object
- 24.5 cm
- Place
- Not Given, Egypt, Africa
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- Anthropology
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Topic
- Archaeology
- Record ID
- nmnhanthropology_8297238
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3f609d2fb-06d8-4a3c-8e9b-16a621ea842e
