Human Skeleton
Man
| Object Number: | E2553A |
|---|---|
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Provenience: | Egypt Deshasheh |
| Locus: | Gr30 |
| Period: | Old Kingdom Fifth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 2500 - 2350 BCE |
| Early Date: | -2501 |
| Late Date: | -2349 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Human Remains |
| Iconography: | Man |
| Credit Line: | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund; William Flinders Petrie, 1898 |
| Other Number: | ES2553 - Original Number E2552 - Associated Object Number |
Description
Skeleton of Man (a) with walking stick (B). The famous Egyptologist W.M. Flinders Petrie discovered this coffin and its occupant at the site of Deshahsheh in 1897. Examination of this skeleton showed that the man’s left leg was two inches shorter than his right (possibly from poliomyelitis) and therefore, he probably walked with a limp or relied heavily on his walking stick, which is placed along the edge of the coffin. The coffin was hollowed out of a single trunk of sycamore.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Egyptian Mummies (1980 - 15 Feb 2016) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Mummy Room ( Jun 1972 - 1979) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Mummy Room ( Jan 1935 - Oct 1950) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Petrie, William M. 1898. Deshasheh.. London. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 18 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Association of American Physicians. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians.. Vol. XV. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 134 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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