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Falcon Reliquary

Accession: 54.2120
Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty (?)
Date: 5th-4th century BCE (Late Period-Ptolemaic)
Date range: 500 BCE – 300 BCE
Materials: ['bronze, falcon bones, textile wrappings']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Falcon Reliquary (54.2120). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220659

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<p>The Egyptians buried mummified animals in zoomorphic (animal-shaped) coffins carved from wood or formed from clay, but they also inserted some of the preserved animals into hollow bronze reliquaries like this one. Placed in subterranean animal cemeteries, these figurines served not only as coffins but also as a kind of reliquary with a ritual function.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.2120' rel='external'>Falcon Reliquary</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Walters-AccNum 54.2120 tier-2
Walters-id 24868 tier-2

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