Detail View: Rylands Collection: Photograph and drawing of a Mummy
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Image Number:
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JRL17031281
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Reference Number:
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R53822
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Link to Catalogue:
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Image Title:
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Photograph and drawing of a Mummy
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Parent Work Title:
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Studies in the Palaeopathology of Egypt
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Date Created:
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c1921
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Publication Details:
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Chicago, Ill. :The University of Chicago press
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Page/Sheet:
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Plate 1
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Image Sequence Number:
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P001
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Description:
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Fig. 1, Drawing by Mrs Cecil Firth of a mummy of a priest of Ammon of the XXIst Dynasty (1000 BC) showing in lateral view the protrusion of the spine so commonly seen in Pott's disease. Fig. 2., An untouched photograph of the anterior aspect of the mummy, showing the huge psoas abcess into which pus from the tuberculous lesion in the lumbar vertebrae had drained. The mass was soft at the time of embalming.
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Language Code:
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eng
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Language:
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English
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Subject:
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Mummies
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Category of Material:
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Printed
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Sub-Category:
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Analogue photography
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Technique Used:
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Drawing (image-making)
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Support:
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Paper
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Item Height:
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260 mm
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Item Width:
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175 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2017-03-23
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2017-07
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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