Card/Transcription No.: 317a-07

317, A. (2) MUMMY OF A CHILD (Examination by Derry) 1

This is the body of a prematurely-born child, probably female.
(See 317, B.(2)).

The L. from the vertex of the head to the heels 25.75 cm.

The body had been carefully wrapped in linen, but this had
already been removed. (I unwrapped this mummy before Derry saw it
- the wrapping had been carried out in with the XVIIIth Dynasty
method.)
There is no abdominal incision and no indication as to how the
body was preserved.

The skin is of a greyish colour, very shrunken and brittle, and
the clavicles, ribs and costal cartilages are all plainly seen
through it. On the limbs it has become pressed into folds owing
to the loss by dessication of the natural fulness produced by the
underlying tissues, and here also the bones of the hands are
clearly defined.