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Currently in the Lab

What will you see when you visit the Artifact Lab? There are two areas where you can see objects: on formal display in our exhibition space and behind the glass, being worked on in the lab. Here is a list of what is currently on view:

In the lab:

(this list includes objects that are likely to be visible when visiting the lab, but some may not be visible depending on the day)

• E3413A: Mummy of Djed-Hapi, location unknown, Ptolemaic (332-31 BCE)
• E16220A: Mummy of Hapimen, Abydos, Late Period (381-343 BCE). Related blogposts
• 97-121-114 A-C: Baby boy mummy and coffin, Location unknown, Roman (31 BCE – 395 CE)
• E2553A: Skeleton of a Man, Deshasheh, Old Kingdom (2500-2350 BCE)
• E2552: Coffin belonging to man (E2553)
• E14260: Painted wooden boat model, Sedment, First Intermediate Period (2130-1980 BCE) 
• Animal mummies, including:
  • 50-17-1: Cat mummy, Late Period (664-332 BCE) 
  • E17631: Crocodile mummy, Fayum, Ptolemaic Period (332-31 BCE) 
  • E12441: Falcon mummy, Abydos, Ptolemaic/Roman (332 BCE – 395 CE) 
  • E12438: Ibis mummy, Abydos, Ptolemaic/Roman (332 BCE – 395 CE) 
  • E12440 A-B: Ibis mummy in coffin, Abydos, Ptolemaic/Roman (332 BCE – 395 CE)
  • E16219: Hapi-puppy, Abydos, Late Period (381-343 BCE) (associated with Hapimen)
• 31-27-118 A-B: Painted wooden coffin, Meydum, New Kingdom (1539-1292 BCE)
• E883A,B: Mummy and coffin box of Nespekashuti, location unknown, New Kingdom (1570-1070 BCE). Related blogposts

 

• L-55-16B: Painted wooden coffin lid, location unknown, late 21st/early 22nd Dynasty (1070-720 BCE). Related blogposts

On exhibit:

• E16234: Tanwa/Tanus, child mummy, location unknown, Ptolemaic Period (305-30 BCE). Related blogposts

• E885C: Coffin lid of Tawahibre, possibly from Akhmim, Late Period (664-332 BCE). Related blogposts

• E521: Crocodile mummy, location unknown, date unknown
• E2148: Funerary mask, Balansura, Roman Period (100-200 CE)
• E882D: Funerary Mask of Nefrina, Akhmim, Ptolemaic Period (305-30 BCE). Related blogposts
• E12444: Falcon mummy, Abydos, date unknown. Related blogposts
• E17636: Cat mummy, location unknown, date unknown
• E416: Mummified woman’s head, location unknown, date unknown
• E16012: Stela of the royal purification priest Sasopedu-iienhab,
  Abydos, Middle Kingdom (1759-1650 BCE)