DOI article:
Smith, Grafton Elliot: A contribution to the study of mummification in Egypt: with special reference to the measures adopted during the time of the 21st dynasty for moulding the form of the body
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.11325#0059
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Figure 2.—The back of the legs of the same mummy.
The buttock-incisions (2) are much more distinct than they are in
figure 1. An incision (4) may be seen on the back of each knee joint ;
and another (5) on the back of each heel.
Ail thèse incisions are sewn up with a running thread.
Plate VI.
Figure 1.—The incision between the shoulders (Pl. V, figure 1) is shown
on a larger scale. The white arrows point to the ends of the incision
and the number 1 is opposite its middle.
The incision is very difficult to see even on the actual mummy, and
was very difficult to photograph by reason of the polished red surface.
Figures 2 and 3 are larger photographs of the incisions on the backs of
the knee (4) and the elbow (3) respectively of the mummy shown in
pi. y.
Plate VIL
Figure 1.—The front of the mummy of a woman.
The skin has been removed from the front of the chest and abdomen
almost as far down as the umbilicus, so as to expose the layer of mud
covering the front of the thorax and leading down to the opening in the
left flank.
This photograph shows the characteristic position of the hands in
front of the pudenda.
Note the annular dépressions on ail the fingers—due to the présence
of string wound around the fingers during the first stage of embalming.
Figure 2.—The back of a female mummy. The right arm has been
detached. The back—from the loins to the shoulders—has been stuffed
with a large quantity of mud. The buttocks, however, have been
stuffed with linen (removed on the right side).
Plate VIII.
Figure 1.—The front of the chest and the right arm of the mummy of a
corpulent woman.
The arm has not been stuffed, and the loose wrinkled skin forms a
case enclosing the bone.
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Figure 2.—The back of the legs of the same mummy.
The buttock-incisions (2) are much more distinct than they are in
figure 1. An incision (4) may be seen on the back of each knee joint ;
and another (5) on the back of each heel.
Ail thèse incisions are sewn up with a running thread.
Plate VI.
Figure 1.—The incision between the shoulders (Pl. V, figure 1) is shown
on a larger scale. The white arrows point to the ends of the incision
and the number 1 is opposite its middle.
The incision is very difficult to see even on the actual mummy, and
was very difficult to photograph by reason of the polished red surface.
Figures 2 and 3 are larger photographs of the incisions on the backs of
the knee (4) and the elbow (3) respectively of the mummy shown in
pi. y.
Plate VIL
Figure 1.—The front of the mummy of a woman.
The skin has been removed from the front of the chest and abdomen
almost as far down as the umbilicus, so as to expose the layer of mud
covering the front of the thorax and leading down to the opening in the
left flank.
This photograph shows the characteristic position of the hands in
front of the pudenda.
Note the annular dépressions on ail the fingers—due to the présence
of string wound around the fingers during the first stage of embalming.
Figure 2.—The back of a female mummy. The right arm has been
detached. The back—from the loins to the shoulders—has been stuffed
with a large quantity of mud. The buttocks, however, have been
stuffed with linen (removed on the right side).
Plate VIII.
Figure 1.—The front of the chest and the right arm of the mummy of a
corpulent woman.
The arm has not been stuffed, and the loose wrinkled skin forms a
case enclosing the bone.
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