Shrew Coffin of Pahapy
Description
Object Label: Bronze coffins added value to votive mummies and possibly were thought to help influence the god to help the petitioner. A man named Pahapy used this coffin for a shrew mummy. The Egyptians regarded shrews as guardians of the sun god Re and included requests to him in many types of animal cemeteries. Caption: Shrew Coffin of Pahapy, 664–30 B.C.E.. Bronze, 2 1/8 x 1 1/2 x 3 1/2 in., 0.6 lb. (5.4 x 3.8 x 8.9 cm, 0.25kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.411Ea. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer))
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A bronze figurine of an animal atop a rectangular base with hieroglyphs.
The artifact is a bronze depiction of an animal, possibly a mongoose or similar creature, standing atop a rectangular bronze base. The base includes an inscription consisting of several hieroglyphic characters. The design is simplistic and symbolic, indicative of artistic styles used for small votive or decorative objects.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.411Ea tier-2
- BKM-Object 117064 tier-2
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