Soulful Creatures. Edward Bleiberg

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      Soulful Creatures

      Soulful​

       Creatures

      Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt

      Edward Bleiberg

      Yekaterina Barbash

      Lisa Bruno

      BROOKLYN MUSEUM IN ASSOCIATION WITH D GILES LTD

       Published on the occasion of the exhibition Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt, organized by the Brooklyn Museum from its collections

      Exhibition Itinerary

       Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, California

       Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee

       Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York

      Copyright © 2013 Brooklyn Museum, ​

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      First published in 2013 ​

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      ISBN 978-1-907804-58-8

      For the Brooklyn Museum

      Edited by James Leggio, Head of Publications and Editorial Services

      New photography of Brooklyn Museum objects by Sarah DeSantis and Christine Gant (Digital Collections and Services, Brooklyn Museum) and by Gavin Ashworth (Gavin Ashworth Photography, New York). Digitization of historical images by Sarah Gentile (Digital Collections and Services, Brooklyn Museum).

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      All objects are in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, unless otherwise noted. In the captions, dimensions are usually given in the order of height by width, followed in the case of sculpture by depth, first in inches, then in centimeters. The order of the dimensions given for animal remains reflects a horizontal position, lying flat on an examination table, with the second dimension representing the animal’s length; the second dimension of coffins, measured in a horizontal position, also refers to length. All Egyptian dates are approximate. The chronology followed here is based on William J. Murnane, “The History of Ancient Egypt: An Overview,” in Jack M. Sasson, ed., Civilizations of the Ancient Near East, vol. 2 (New York: Scribner, 1995), pp. 712–14. The captions incorporate the most precise information available about each object, including period, dynasty, and approximate year dates. For a summary of periods and dynasties, see “A Brief Chronology of Ancient Egypt,” in the present volume.

      Front cover:

      Detail of Ibis Mummy ​

      (see figure 100)

      Frontispiece:

      Detail of Horus Falcon-Form Coffin

      (see figure 15)

      Copyright page:

      Detail of Bound Oryx Dish ​

      (see figure 33)

      Page 22:

      Detail of Baboon Appliqué ​

      (see figure 34)

      Page 69:

      Detail of Ibis Coffin ​

      (see figure 78)

      Pages 122:

      Detail of Cat Coffin with Mummy ​

      (see figure 109)

      Page 161:

      Detail of The Child Horus ​

      (see figure 125)

      Page 172:

      Detail of wrapping, Ibis Mummy ​

      (see figure 100)

      Backgrounds of chapter titles:

      Illustrations from Description de l’Égypte (Paris, 1821–30)

      Copyright

       Foreword

      Arnold L. Lehman

       Preface and Acknowledgments

      Edward Bleiberg

       A Brief Chronology of Ancient Egypt

       How the Ancient Egyptians Viewed the Animal World

      Yekaterina Barbash

       Animal Mummies: The Souls of the Gods

      Edward Bleiberg

       The Scientific Examination of Animal Mummies

      Lisa Bruno

       Appendix: Possible Precursors to the Animal Cults

      Yekaterina Barbash

       Selected Bibliography

       Brooklyn Museum Board of Trustees

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