/2009/05/06/thothirdes/ Technology blog of the Brooklyn Museum Fri, 04 Apr 2014 18:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.5.3 /2009/05/06/thothirdes/comment-page-1/#comment-15366 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:55:19 +0000 /bloggers/2009/05/06/thothirdes/#comment-15366 The meaning of Thothirdes is “[The god] Thoth is the one who made him.” A name like this shows a special relationship between this man and the god Thoth.

]]> /2009/05/06/thothirdes/comment-page-1/#comment-15365 Mon, 13 May 2013 14:26:29 +0000 /bloggers/2009/05/06/thothirdes/#comment-15365 Fatima – Thothrides does appear to be mumified. CT scans indicate a fairly well preserved human. Internal organs remain in place. The standard mummification process involves drying out the body first, followed by addition of waxes and resins to help preserve the body from deterioration. As Thothrides remains completely wrapped, we could not access any of the resins to be able to analyse these components.

]]> /2009/05/06/thothirdes/comment-page-1/#comment-15344 Sun, 12 May 2013 15:52:39 +0000 /bloggers/2009/05/06/thothirdes/#comment-15344 i came to the museum and i saw the mummy! i was surpsried! ill try another visit but i also have a question!! my question is:
~Is this mummy mummified?
~what is the process of ?
~the meaning of THOTHRIDES??
thanks for ansering!!

]]> /2009/05/06/thothirdes/comment-page-1/#comment-6023 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 17:29:46 +0000 /bloggers/2009/05/06/thothirdes/#comment-6023 Dee, One thing I can tell you is that we now know that Thothirdes is a man, even though earlier curators thought this mummy was a woman. The recent CT-scans establish without a doubt that he is male. We also know that his internal organs were returned to his chest cavity after they were mummified. This probably allowed him to buy “dummy” Canopic jars, the kind that were never hollowed. Thothirdes’ family provided him with a slightly cheaper version of mummification.

]]> /2009/05/06/thothirdes/comment-page-1/#comment-6010 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 23:58:53 +0000 /bloggers/2009/05/06/thothirdes/#comment-6010 How soon will there be more details about Thothirdes? Ever since I saw her mummy at the museum a few years ago, I have been obsessed with finding out more about her, unfortunately there isn’t much information to be found.

]]> /2009/05/06/thothirdes/comment-page-1/#comment-1432 Fri, 29 May 2009 00:35:11 +0000 /bloggers/2009/05/06/thothirdes/#comment-1432 Thanks, Ed. Someone on one of my tours asked about the beard, which I had not noticed. Also, got a copy of the Collier/Manley hieroglyphs book and find it easier to reference than my Gardiner’s-and a lot lighter!

]]> /2009/05/06/thothirdes/comment-page-1/#comment-1430 Thu, 28 May 2009 15:30:12 +0000 /bloggers/2009/05/06/thothirdes/#comment-1430 Great question, Pat. I wish I could be sure of the answer. You would expect the sky goddess Nut inside a coffin. This figure seems to be dressed as Isis, however. The beard is broken, but is most likely the curved beard of Osiris. The decoration seems to emphasize the relationship the deceased wants to have with the divine couple Osiris and Isis.

]]> /2009/05/06/thothirdes/comment-page-1/#comment-1429 Thu, 28 May 2009 14:56:51 +0000 /bloggers/2009/05/06/thothirdes/#comment-1429 Do we know if that is a goddess painted on the bottom and who she is? I’ve looked at her, but could not make out details. Also, is the beard on her cover a sign of royalty or is there another reason?

]]> /2009/05/06/thothirdes/comment-page-1/#comment-1262 Mon, 11 May 2009 13:43:37 +0000 /bloggers/2009/05/06/thothirdes/#comment-1262 Samantha – As a matter of fact, I did do a small amount of consolidation to make sure that loose pieces of paint will remain secure to the wood. Besides trying to maintain a stable climate, applying adhesive below paint flakes is the next most common preservation measure. The paint in this case was fairly stable, but a few areas needed to be secured with adhesive before returning to display. Lisa

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