Coffin and Animal Mummy
Description
Object Label: This wooden box contains an unidentifiable bird mummy and a mixture of soil and other debris. The simple rectangular design is constructed from six boards: one for each side, the top, and the bottom. It is likely that a layer of plaster once coated it, decorated by artists. Other animal coffins in this shape that retain their decoration show the animal before an offering table and the goddesses Isis and Nephthys, who mourn the deceased creature. Wooden coffins of this type were more expensive than the clay jars used as coffins that are displayed nearby. Caption: Coffin and Animal Mummy, 664–332 B.C.E.. Wood, animal remains, linen, 6 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (17.5 x 18.4 x 38.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1602Ea-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer))
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A rectangular, weathered wooden coffin or coffin-like box with a damaged lid and no clearly legible decoration or inscriptions visible in the provided view.
The image shows a small, rectangular wooden container photographed from a three-quarter angle. The lid is slightly askew and both lid and body have numerous dark pitting/holes and surface abrasions consistent with age and excavation/handling. Visible joinery includes corner edges and a stepped framing along the sides; along the left side there appears to be a small recessed area or attachment point, but no definite painted scenes, animal figures, or readable hieroglyphic lines are apparent. No linen wrappings, animal remains, or paws/skull imagery are visible from this angle, so the “animal mummy” aspect cannot be confirmed visually. No cartouches, royal names, or deity emblems are legible. No Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.1602Ea-b tier-2
- BKM-Object 118127 tier-2
About this record's data
- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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