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Coffin for a cat

Hollow-cast copper alloy figure of a seated cat with the tail at the right side. It once might have contained a cat or kitten mummy, although it is possible that it functioned as a bronze votive figure only.

Inv. no. :

Cat. 875

Material:

Metal / Bronze

Dimensions:

5.55 cm x 19.75 cm x 10.08 cm

Date:

722–332 BCE

Period:

Late Period

Provenance:

Unknown

Acquisition:

Old Fund, 1824–1888

Museum location:

Not on display

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.203–204, P.203.
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.203-204 Illustrazione=P.203

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