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dc.contributor.authorSowada, Karin
dc.contributor.authorJacobsen, Geraldine E.
dc.contributor.authorBertuch, Fiona
dc.contributor.authorPalmer, Tim
dc.contributor.authorJenkinson, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-11T21:23:31Z
dc.date.available2021-02-11T21:23:31Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-01
dc.identifier.citationSowada, K., Jacobsen, G. E., Bertuch, F., Palmer, T., & Jenkinson, A. (2011). Who's that lying in my coffin? An imposter exposed by 14C dating. Radiocarbon, 53(2), 221-228.
dc.identifier.issn0033-8222
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0033822200056502
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/654385
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 yr, mummy NM R28.2 was identified as Padiashaikhet as per his coffin, dated to the 25th Dynasty, about 725-700 BC. 14C results from samples of linen wrappings revealed that the mummy was an unknown individual from the Roman period, cal AD 68-129. The mummification technique can now be understood within its correct historical context.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Geosciences, The University of Arizona
dc.relation.urlhttp://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/
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dc.titleWho's That Lying in My Coffin? An Imposter Exposed by 14C Dating
dc.typeArticle
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dc.identifier.journalRadiocarbon
dc.description.collectioninformationThe Radiocarbon archives are made available by Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
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dc.source.volume53
dc.source.issue2
dc.source.beginpage221
dc.source.endpage228
refterms.dateFOA2021-02-11T21:23:31Z


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