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Ibis package

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Linen package of the type assigned to the ibis. At the bottom there is a beige and brown rosette. A figure of the god Thot has been sewn, depicted with a human body and an ibis head. The ibis is the symbolic animal of Thot, whose cult center was in Hermopolis Magna, where a cemetery for these animals was located. The x ray shows long bird bones.

Present location

MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONAL [21/007] MADRID

Inventory number

1873/22/1

Dating

GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

IBIS MUMMY

Material

FLAX; BONE

Width

9.7 cm

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