| Beni Hasan Child Human Mummy | |
| |
| image courtesy, The British Museum | |
| Biographical Information | |
|---|---|
| Name(s) | unknown |
| Age | infant |
| Sex | undetermined |
| Status | |
| Height | 73 centimetres |
| Source | |
| Culture | Egyptian |
| Date(s) | 945-715 BC |
| Site | Beni Hasan Necropolis |
| Current Location | |
| Location | The British Museum |
| Catalog # | EA41603 |
Purchased by The British Museum in 1905 from a private collector.
Studies[]
Radiograph reveals the disorganized bones of an infant (sex uncertain). It is evident that the cartonnage case itself could have accommodated a larger child. Some teeth, both complete and fragmentary, and the skull and many fragments of bone are stored separately. The cartonnage mummy-case is in the form of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris, wearing wig, beard and plumed sun-disc, decorated with polychrome painted funerary deities and protective falcons, with vertical register of hieroglyphs down centre of the body. The foot end of the case is now missing.
Pathology[]
The child suffered from a rare disorder of the bone called osteogenesis imperfecta, also known as brittle bone disease.