Head of a mummified dog wrapped in linen bandages. Fragile in places, most of top bindings gone, some are loose and fraying, loose fragments around neck, wrappings have gone around mouth, discoloured, brittle and surface dirt. There is a loose first cervical vertebra (C1). 

This is from the auction held in Liverpool on 10th February 1890 when 19.5 tons of mummfied cats (and some other animals), were sold for fertilizer with a few being donated to the museum. The animal mummies had been uncovered at Istabl Antar, near the settlement of Beni Hasan. The lioness goddess Pakhet (meaning ‘she who scratches’ or ‘the scratcher’) had a cult temple at Istabl Antar (sometimes known as Speos Artemidos) where thousands of mummified cats and other felines were given to Pakhet as a votive offering and then buried in catacombs.

Mummified Dog | National Museums Liverpool

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Head of a mummified dog wrapped in linen bandages. Fragile in places, most of top bindings gone, some are loose and fraying, loose fragments around neck, wrappings have gone around mouth, discoloured, brittle and surface dirt. There is a loose first cervical vertebra (C1). This is from the auction held in Liverpool on 10th February 1890 when 19.5 tons of mummfied cats (and some other animals), were sold for fertilizer with a few being donated to the museum. The animal mummies had been uncovered at Istabl Antar, near the settlement of Beni Hasan. The lioness goddess Pakhet (meaning ‘she who scratches’ or ‘the scratcher’) had a cult temple at Istabl Antar (sometimes known as Speos Artemidos) where thousands of mummified cats and other felines were given to Pakhet as a votive offering and then buried in catacombs.

Mummified Dog

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