Radiocarbon dating of linen from an Egyptian mummy

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dc.contributor.authorJacobsen, GEen_AU
dc.contributor.authorBertuch, Fen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSowada, Ken_AU
dc.contributor.authorPalmer, Ten_AU
dc.contributor.authorJenkinson, Aen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-17T23:37:44Zen_AU
dc.date.available2012-04-17T23:37:44Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2011-03-24en_AU
dc.date.statistics2012-04-18en_AU
dc.description.abstractIn the 19th and early 20th centuries, many museums acquired Egyptian coffins containing mummies from private donors who bought them from dealers in Egypt. Owing to the unknown context of such acquisitions, it cannot be assumed that the mummified individual inside the coffin is the same person named on it. Radiocarbon dating is a key diagnostic test, within the framework of a multidisciplinary study, to help resolve this question. The dating of an adult mummy in the Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney was therefore checked using 14C dating. For over 150 years, mummy NM R28.2 was identified as Padiashaikhet as per his coffin, dated to the 25th Dynasty, c. 725–700 BC. Radiocarbon results from samples of linen wrappings revealed that the mummy was an unknown individual from the Roman period, 68-129 cal AD. The mummification technique can now be understood within its correct historical context. Copyright (c) 2011 AMS12en_AU
dc.identifier.citationJacobsen, G., Bertuch, F., Sowada, K., Palmer, T., Jenkinson, A., (2011). Radiocarbon dating of linen from an Egyptian Mummy. Presentation to the 12th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS 12), 20th - 25th March 2011. Museum of New Zealand: Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand.en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceenddate25 March 2011en_AU
dc.identifier.conferencename12th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS 12)en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceplaceWellington, New Zealanden_AU
dc.identifier.conferencestartdate20 March 2011en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc4290en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.gns.cri.nz/ams12/AMS-12_Abstracts_Book_Final.pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/4142en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherGNS Scienceen_AU
dc.subjectIsotope datingen_AU
dc.subjectCarbon 14en_AU
dc.subjectHistorical aspectsen_AU
dc.subjectDiagnostic techniquesen_AU
dc.subjectEducational facilitiesen_AU
dc.titleRadiocarbon dating of linen from an Egyptian mummyen_AU
dc.typeConference Presentationen_AU
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