human remains, viscera

Many bundles of wrappings containing viscera, found in the sarcophagus. Examined by Dr. Ruffer, Director of the Quarantine Dept. Alexandria, who reported that the contents were only vegetable matter. The packages were returned to the body and generally contain only a part of the organ, the rest of the package being filled out with vegetable matter and mud. Disintegrated conditon. From Meydum, Mastaba 17. Found in the sarcophagus.

Meydum

Meydum, Mastaba 17. Found in the Sarcophagus.

- Petrie, William Matthew Flinders, Meydum and Memphis III, 16. pl. XI, 5

4th Dynasty

human remains (material), vegetable fibre, mud

LDUCE-UC31010a-o

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology