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Coffin for a lizard

Rectangular hollow-cast copper alloy animal mummy coffin surmounted by the figure of a lizard with two loops at diagonally opposite corners and an open back.

Inv. no. :

Suppl. 18071

Material:

Metal / Bronze

Dimensions:

2.2 cm x 2.05 cm x 8.2 cm

7.25 cm

Date:

722–332 BCE

Period:

Late Period

Provenance:

Unknown

Acquisition:

Gift, 1970

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.319, P.319.
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.319 Illustrazione=P.319

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