Cat mummy decorated with a meander made of white and brown bandages. Cat mummy, linen fabrics; cats; meander ornament. Roman period, 30 BC–395 AD, Egypt. Mummy; height 27.3 cm, width 6.5 cm, depth 6 cm., A long, narrow wrapped object with a rounded top that has two small protrusions resembling ears, covered in layered cloth showing worn, frayed, and patched areas; the wrapping displays a textured weave with irregular darker patches and strips around the upper section, and the visible colors include shades of brown, tan, beige, black, and hints of dark gray, all set against a plain muted gray background.
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Cat mummy decorated with a meander made of white and brown bandages. Cat mummy, linen fabrics; cats; meander ornament. Roman period, 30 BC–395 AD, Egypt. Mummy; height 27.3 cm, width 6.5 cm, depth 6 cm., A long, narrow wrapped object with a rounded top that has two small protrusions resembling ears, covered in layered cloth showing worn, frayed, and patched areas; the wrapping displays a textured weave with irregular darker patches and strips around the upper section, and the visible colors include shades of brown, tan, beige, black, and hints of dark gray, all set against a plain muted gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A03_234

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Keywords

Cat mummy decorated meander white brown bandages Cat mummy linen fabrics cats meander ornament Roman period 30 Bc–395 Ad Egypt Mummy height 27.3 cm width 6.5 cm depth 6 cm long narrow wrapped object rounded top two small protrusions resembling ears covered layered cloth showing worn frayed patched areas wrapping displays textured weave irregular darker patches strips upper section visible colors include shades brown tan beige black hints dark gray set plain muted gray background.

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