FEMALE MUMMY

FEMALE MUMMY

Mummy of a grown up woman of around 25 years old, having a weak constitution. She lived during the Third Intermediate Period, between dynasties XXIII and XXVI. She is completely bandaged, without showing any trace of her anatomy. The body has been cut in two by her knees. The x ray also shows a ring near the 20th vertebra, introduced inside the body together with the filling material.

Inventory number 15210

LATE PERIOD: 26TH DYNASTY > 23RD

MUSEO ARQUEOLÓGICO NACIONAL

PEREZ - DIE, Mª C., Egipto. Guía didáctica del Museo Arqueológico Nacional. I1985, P. 25.

PEREZ - DIE, Mª C., Egipto y Próximo Oriente. Guía general del Museo Arqueológico Nacional, 1996, P. 98.

LLAGOSTERA CUENCA, E., Estudio radiológico de las momias egipcias del Museo Arqueológico Nacional de Madrid, Monografías Arqueológicas, 5, 1978, Pp. 30 - 39.

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