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Mummified body of a young man. This is one of only around 100 from this period that survive with the panel painting intact. This example depicts the man wearing a crown of leaves picked out in gold \u2013 a sign of justification after, and victory over, death. Between his lips is a thin line of gold leaf. This may deliberately echo the fact that some contemporary burials include a golden cover on the tongue of the deceased. The implication is the divinisation of the dead man. On his moulded plaster footcase, his toes are represented as golden \u2013 the flesh of the gods \u2013 and bound enemies are depicted under his feet. The elaborate rhomboid linen wrappings with gilded studs reference the patterning of the shrouded form of Osiris, the god of rebirth.<\/p>

The body was last CT-scanned at Manchester Children's Hospital on 3/5/12. Results indicate the man\u2019s well-preserved set of teeth, which suggest that he was a young adult when he died in the first century CE.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Acquisition", "value": "Donation by Jesse Haworth, (unknown date)" }, { "label": "Title", "value": "Mummified body of a man" }, { "label": "Bibliography", "value": "

Manchester Museum (University of Manchester). Golden Mummies of Egypt: Interpreting Identities from the Graeco-Roman Period. Manchester University Press 2023<\/a><\/div><\/div>
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Featured in Golden Mummies of Egypt<\/i> exhibition at the Manchester Museum, 18 February 2023-14 April 2024.<\/p>" }, { "label": "Date of Creation", "value": "Roman Egypt" }, { "label": "Origin Place", "value": "Africa, Egypt, Faiyum" }, { "label": "Provenance", "value": "" } ], "@type": "sc:Manifest", "attribution": "Provided by The University of Manchester.

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