Analysis of a Ptolemaic Mummy Foot from Slovene Ethnographic Museum

We analyzed a foot of an Egyptian mummy, which is supposed to originate from the Ptolemaic era. Only a foot with the lower part of the calf of is preserved in the Slovene Ethnographic Museum. The foot is bound into several layers of fabric. Another piece of fabric as well as two bones are part of the museum object, as well. The bandages of the mummy are arranged in a geometrical pattern and the sole is painted. We identified fibers in the textiles and analyzed their structure. Binding material was identified with which the bandages are glued as well as the pigments and binding media in the sole decoration.