Mummy of Padimut

Key Dates

1070

This mummy dates from 1070-700BC, during the Graeco-Roman Period.

Key People

This is the mummy of the priest of the Godess Mut, called Padimut and meaning 'the one who Mut gave'. He was the son of Ankhefen-Mut and Nehemes-Bastet. He believed to be aged in his mid-thirties. Further details of his identity are unknown.

The mummy was donated to the museum in the 1920s by Albert Phillips, a Birmingham bedstead maker who often travelled to the Middle East.

This is the mummy of a man named Padimut. The mummy is contained in its original inner coffin.The elaborately-bandaged Greco-Roman mummy is decorated with gilt terracotta studs.

The Birmingham mummy is the source of several mysteries. X-rays have revealed an unidentified metal object lodged in the back of the mummy’s neck, which some archaeologists believe may be an arrow head – meaning he could have been murdered.

The mummy is believed to contain the remains of a male in his mid-30s, but his identity is another unsolved mystery.

Origin & Collection

On display at:

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

Images

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