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Mummified Crocodile
Crocodile mummy. This mummy contains a piece of animal bone, not an entire crocodile. Ptolemy V (204-180BC) issued a decree declaring that each pot bought at a necropolois should contain the mummy of one animal.
Length: 32.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Transferred (1894) by University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge
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Accession number: E.1.1894
Primary reference Number: 49399
Oldadmincategory: Misc
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mummified Crocodile" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/49399 Accessed: 2024-11-21 21:37:54
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