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Falcon surmounting box for an animal mummy Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 15.6.2. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 15.6.2
Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date: 664–30 B.C.
Date range: 664 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['cupreous metal']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Falcon surmounting box for an animal mummy (15.6.2). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/209273

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Mummy case, Falcon; 138-glass-case. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Cupreous metal. L. 12.4 × W. 4.5 × H. 12.2 cm (4 7/8 × 1 3/4 × 4 13/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Falcons. Credit: Gift of Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson, 1915.

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Materials Cupreous Metal Green Patina

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