Coffin for a shrew

Empty rectangular hollow-cast copper alloy animal mummy coffin with an open back surmounted by the figure of a summarily modelled standing shrew.

Inv. no. :

Suppl. 18098

Material:

Metal / Bronze

Dimensions:

2 cm x 3.2 cm x 5.4 cm

Date:

772–332 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.231, P.231.
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.231 Illustrazione=P.231

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