Accession No
Z 45795
Description
Bronze figure of a shrew mouse standing on a plain rectangular bronze box. The shrew has raised rounded ears and a pointed snout. Both the snout and the tail are held horizontally, the tip of the latter being supported by a short vertical bar of metal running down to the rear top edge of the box. The rear end of the box is now open, but the edges are hammered over to form flanges, which obviously originally held the missing panel with which the box was sealed.
Place
Africa; North Africa; Egypt; Saqqara
Period
Late Period
Source
Egypt Exploration Society [excavator]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
Z 45795; H5-2704[4984]; {3}; 438
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Copper alloy; ?Bronze
Local Term
Measurements
19mm x 26mm x 55mm Weight 0.04kg
Events
Description (Physical description)
Bronze Ichneumon Mummy Box
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Found: Sacred Animal Necropolis, Falcon Complex and Catacomb, Gallery 20. Excavated by the Egypt Exploration Society in 1971-1972.
Event Date 1971
Author: maa
Context (References)
Davies, S. & H.S. Smith. 2005. The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara: The Falcon Complex and Catacomb, The Archaeological Report. London, Egypt Exploration Society. no. 438, p. 119
Event Date 2005
Author: Imogen Gunn
Description (Physical description)
Bronze figure of a shrew mouse standing on a plain rectangular bronze box. The shrew has raised rounded ears and a pointed snout. Both the snout and the tail are held horizontally, the tip of the latter being supported by a shrot vertical bar of metal running down to the rear top edge of the box. The rear end of the box is now open, but the edges are hammered over to form flanges, which obviously originally held the missing panel with which the box was sealed. (see Davies and Smith)
Event Date 2/3/2015
Author: maa
FM:40217
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