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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.

Cat. 926
Metal / Bronze
4 cm x 5.8 cm x 13.9 cm
722–332 BCE
Late Period
Unknown
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824
Museum / Floor 1 / Room 11 RET / Cabinet 48 SA / Shelf 02
Museo Egizio