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Coffin for a shrew

Rectangular hollow-cast, sealed and inscribed copper alloy animal mummy coffin in the form of a naos with a cavetto cornice and torus moulding, surmounted by the figure of an anatomically correct male shrew.

Inv. no. :

Cat. 926

Material:

Metal / Bronze

Dimensions:

4 cm x 5.8 cm x 13.9 cm

Date:

722–332 BCE

Period:

Late Period

Provenance:

Unknown

Acquisition:

Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824

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.229–230, P.229.
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.229-230 Illustrazione=P.229

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