Shrew-mouse surmounting shrine-shaped box for an animal mummy

Medium

Cupreous metal

Dimensions

L. 5.5 × W. 1.8 × H. 3.5 cm (2 3/16 × 11/16 × 1 3/8 in.)

Classification

Figurine, shrew mouse; 138-glass-case

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

04.2.656

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