A corn mummy or germinating Osiris [1] is an Ancient Egyptian sculpture of Osiris that contained germinated grain seeds, commonly wheat or barley. [2] [3] [4] The rest of the mummy was made up of other materials such as wax, sand and earth. [2] [3] They were fitted with masks most commonly made of wax but sometimes silver. [5] The mummies were provided with wooden coffins. [2] [3]
They seem to have been buried as part of certain festivals such as Khoiak. [2] [3] They were also buried in tombs as part of funerary paraphernalia, with a notable example being found in the tomb of Horemheb, KV57, in the Valley of the Kings. [6]
A corn mummy or germinating Osiris [1] is an Ancient Egyptian sculpture of Osiris that contained germinated grain seeds, commonly wheat or barley. [2] [3] [4] The rest of the mummy was made up of other materials such as wax, sand and earth. [2] [3] They were fitted with masks most commonly made of wax but sometimes silver. [5] The mummies were provided with wooden coffins. [2] [3]
They seem to have been buried as part of certain festivals such as Khoiak. [2] [3] They were also buried in tombs as part of funerary paraphernalia, with a notable example being found in the tomb of Horemheb, KV57, in the Valley of the Kings. [6]