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Coffin for a cat

Fragmented hollow-cast copper alloy head of an animal mummy coffin in the form of a cat. There is a socket for a scarab on the head, which contains substantial casting core remains. The head’s size and iconography suggest that it was the head of a larger seated cat figure that was not entirely cleared from the casting core and used as a container for a cat mummy.

Cat. 893
Metal / Bronze
9 cm x 10.3 cm x 10.5 cm
722–332 BCE
Late Period
Unknown
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824
Museum / Floor 2A / Mezzanine / Armadio 05 Metalli / Shelf 05
Museo Egizio