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Coffin for an eel

A long rectangular hollow-cast copper alloy animal mummy coffin surmounted by the figure of a hybrid creature with the undulating body of an eel (Anguilla vulgaris), the front of which takes the form of an erect uraeus with a human head wearing the double crown over a tripartite wig.

Inv. no. :

Cat. 2400/01

Material:

Metal / Bronze

Dimensions:

2.4 cm x 8 cm x 17.9 cm

Date:

772–332 BCE

Period:

Late Period – Ptolemaic Period

Provenance:

Unknown

Acquisition:

Old Fund, 1824–1888

Museum location:

Museum / Floor 1 / Room 11 RET / Cabinet 48 SA / Shelf 02

Selected bibliography:

Ikram, Salima-Aicardi, Sara-Facchetti, Federica, The animal mummies of the Museo Egizio, Turin (Studi del Museo egizio 5), Torino, Museo egizio, Modena 2024, P.331–332, P.331.
Tipo=Monografia SottoTipo= Autore=Ikram, Salima-Aicardi, Sara-Facchetti, Federica Titolo=The animal mummies of the Museo Egizio, Turin Sottotiolo= In= Collana=Studi del Museo egizio Opera=5 Luogo=Torino, Museo egizio, Modena Anno=2024 Menzionato=P.331-332 Illustrazione=P.331

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