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Coffin for a cat

Hollow-cast copper alloy figure of a seated cat with the tail curved around the right. It might have contained a feline mummy or parts thereof, but it could also have been a bronze votive only.

Inv. no. :

Cat. 876

Material:

Metal / Bronze

Dimensions:

5.1 cm x 14.7 cm x 8.6 cm

Date:

722–30 BCE

Period:

Late Period – Ptolemaic Period

Acquisition:

Old Fund, 1824–1888

Museum location:

Museum / Floor 2A / Mezzanine / Cabinet 05 Metal / Shelf 04

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.205–206, P.205.
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.205-206 Illustrazione=P.205

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