Box for an animal mummy surmounted by a coiled, rearing snake
Unknown Artist
664–30 B.C.
Medium
Cupreous metal
Dimensions
H. 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.); W. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.); L. 11.8 cm (4 5/8 in.)
Classification
Mummy case, snake
Period
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Department
Egyptian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904
Accession Number
04.2.517
Tags
Snakes