Table 1 Brief description and details of the animal mummies under investigation and samples taken
Image | Accession number | Label | Description | Provenance | Datea | Samples |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Museum EA 6756 | C1 | Cat Length: 49.5Â cm | Unknown | Unknown | Pink Brown |
| British Museum EA 65502 | C2 | Cat Length: 39Â cm | Unknown (bequeathed by Henry Swainson Cowper, 1951) | Unknown | Red |
| British Museum EA 55614 | C3 | Cat Length: 45.5Â cm | Unknown (Donated by Capt W. A. Norman, 1928) | Unknown | Red Brown |
| Museo Egizio Cat. 2348/1 | C4 | Cat Length: 54 cm | Unknown (Drovetti Collection—1824) | 400–200 BC (textile) | Pink Brown |
| Museo Egizio Cat. 2349/3 | C5 | Cat Length: 39 cm | Unknown (Drovetti Collection—1824) | Unknown | Pink Brown Dark brown |
| British Museum EA 52926 | I1 | Ibis Length: 35.5Â cm | Abydos (donated by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1913) | Unknown | Reddish Brown |
| British Museum EA 53938 | I2 | Ibis Length: 43.2Â cm | Abydos (donated by the Egypt Exploration Society, 1914) | Unknown | Black |
| Museo Egizio S. 11013 | I3 | Ibis Length: 35 cm | Asyut | 390–190 BC (textile) | Dark brown |
| Museo Egizio S. 11018 | I4 | Ibis Length: 30 cm | Asyut | 40 BC–210 AD (textile) | Pink Dark brown |
| Museo Egizio S. 11033 | I5 | Ibis Length: 36.5Â cm | Asyut | Unknown | Dark brown |
| Museo Egizio S. 11037 | I6 | Ibis Length: 33 cm | Asyut | 370–90 BC (textile) | Dark brown |
| British Museum EA 35727 | Cr1 | Crocodile Length: 39.5Â cm | Unknown | Unknown | Light yellow Light brown Dark brown |
| British Museum EA 35728 | Cr2 | Crocodile Length: 27Â cm | El-Mabda (donated by W. Boyne, 1846) | Unknown | Red |
| Museo Egizio Cat. 2351/2 | Cr3 | Crocodile Length: 181.5 cm | Unknown (Drovetti Collection—1824) | 40 BC–210 AD (plant element) | Black |
| Museo Egizio Cat. 2353/11 | Cr4 | Crocodile Length: 34 cm | Unknown (Drovetti Collection—1824) | 370–200 BC (textile) | Light Brown Dark brown |
| Museo Egizio Provv. 1443 | Cr5 | Crocodile Length: 53 cm | Unknown (Drovetti Collection—1824) | 370–200 BC (plant element) | Light Brown Black |
| British Museum EA 6773 | Ca1 | Calf Height: 45.7Â cm Length:73.7Â cm | Said to be from Thebes (Salt collection, 1821) | Unknown | Light brown Dark brown |
| Museo Egizio Cat. 2344 | Ca2 | Calf Length: 85 cm | Unknown (Drovetti Collection—1824) | 400–190 BC (plant element) 410–360 BC (textile) | Light orange Brown |
| British Museum EA 90471 | F1 | Bird of prey Length: 43Â cm | Unknown | Unknown | Yellow Red Brown |
| Museo Egizio S. 11040 | F2 | Bird of prey Length: 24.8 cm | Asyut | 210–30 BC | Orange Dark brown |
