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mummy; Souser-iret-binet; Sarcophagus

On display
human history
  • Other Name

    Souser-iret-binet

  • Description

    mummy. Mummy, female (Souser-iret-binet 27-35 yrs) probably Lower Egyptian family. Obtained from Canterbury Museum in 1957. Mummy is from Akhmim, Egypt. CT scanned in 2002, and xrayed in 1970?ish. Four year conservation project carried out in early 2000s. Radiocarbon dates obtained on linen wrappings, with date range of 850-575 BCE i.e. mid-late Third Intermediate Period to early Late Period.

  • Place
    Egypt
  • Accession Number
    1986.135
  • Accession Date
    12 Feb 1986
  • Other Id

    52021 (ethnology)

    AR1001.1 (Canterbury Museum)

    3276 (Canterbury Museum)

    13837 (Asset Register)

    879 (Human Remains Database ID)

  • Department

    Archaeology

  • Display Room

    applied arts west, decorative arts, Ancient Worlds

Images and documents

Images

  • mummy, Ta Sedgemet, Sarcophagus, 1986.135, 52021, AR1001.1, 3276, 13837, 879, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 22 May 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • mummy, Ta Sedgemet, Sarcophagus, 1986.135, 52021, AR1001.1, 3276, 13837, 879, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 22 May 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY
  • mummy, Ta Sedgemet, Sarcophagus, 1986.135, 52021, AR1001.1, 3276, 13837, 879, Photographed by Jennifer Carol, digital, 22 May 2018, © Auckland Museum CC BY

Artefact

  • Display location

    applied arts west, decorative arts, Ancient Worlds

  • Cultural Origin

    Egyptian

  • Place
    Egypt
  • Period

    Egyptian dynastic/Egyptian

  • Media

    organic material

  • Measurement Description
    1670 x 355 mm
  • Measurement Reading

    1675mm (This object was measured as part of a Light Sensitivity gallery survey, undertaken by Sabine Weik in H74 Ancient Worlds gallery.)

    355mm (This object was measured as part of a Light Sensitivity gallery survey, undertaken by Sabine Weik in H74 Ancient Worlds gallery.)

    515mm (measured at shoulder (widest part) when glass was removed in 2017)

  • Last Update
    28 Mar 2023
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