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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 an atef-crown, that is supported by a diagonal Maat-feather at the back.

Cat. 2401/01
Metal / Bronze
1.9 cm x 6.67 cm x 17.4 cm
772–332 BCE
Late Period – Ptolemaic Period
Unknown
Gift Gift by Zucchi (1858), 1858
Museum / Floor 1 / Room 11 RET / Armadio 48 SA / Ripiano 02
Museo Egizio