Shrew statuette

Solid-cast copper-alloy figure of a male shrew, bending slightly forward, on an inscribed pedestal open at the bottom and equipped with a tenon.

Inv. no. :

Cat. 927

Material:

Metal / Bronze

Dimensions:

2.5 cm x 4.1 cm x 10.9 cm

Date:

772–332 BCE

Period:

Late Period

Provenance:

Unknown

Acquisition:

Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824

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.234–235, P.234.
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.234-235 Illustrazione=P.234

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