Coffin and Animal Mummy

664–332 B.C.E.

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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))

Title

Coffin and Animal Mummy

Date

664–332 B.C.E.

Period

Late Period

Geography

Reportedly from: Giza, Egypt

Medium

Wood, animal remains, linen

Classification

Remains, Animal

Dimensions

6 7/8 x 7 1/4 x 15 1/4 in. (17.5 x 18.4 x 38.7 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

37.1602Ea-b

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