Otzi help?

Otzi has a lot of tattoos, everyone knows that. I'm interested in the tattoos on his back. i see that to the left of his spine, he has a 4/3/3 system going. He has a group to the right of his spine, as well. Does anyone know how many lines are there? I can't seem to find a picture thats helpful. It looks to be about 4 or 5, but I'd like to be certain.

Thanks all!!!!

If you go to this website, you can get a great look at his whole body.

www.icemanphotoscan.eu...

What I see is 4/3/3 on the left and 4 on the right.
Man, what creepy skin on that mummy! Looks like dried out old fried chicken, skin on, no batter.

Thanks for bringing this subject to light for me. I have never seen these tatoo photos before. I found them at iceman.eurac.edu...

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Thank you sooooo much. MAJOR help!!!

Wow, I've heard of this Otiz but I never really looked into him. The fact that he has tattoos is pretty awesome, What do you think the tattoo on his back represents Schmidt? Also Kyred, I was just going to say the same thing, looking at those high res photos of his skin makes me want to go get a chicken and just munch out! Ha-ah.

Fella doesn't seem to have any nipples...

Is that a by-product of the mummification process or the age or what? Or am I just being blind...

Originally posted by Nidhoggr
Fella doesn't seem to have any nipples...

Is that a by-product of the mummification process or the age or what? Or am I just being blind...

You know, that is odd. I looked for a belly button, and I do see a small concave circular spot, but it doesn't really look like a belly button to me. Does it to you?

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There is a whitish, circularish area in roughly the right place. I think that's probably it, but honestly I'm not sure. Any experts who can explain?