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Box for animal mummy surmounted by a cat, inscribed

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Date

664–30 B.C.

About the work

Metropolitan Museum of Art Object Description
Mummy case, cat

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Title

Box for animal mummy surmounted by a cat, inscribed

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Cultural Context

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Material

Cupreous metal

Dimensions

L. 34.7 × W. 8 × H. 17.6 cm (13 11/16 × 3 1/8 × 6 15/16 in.);
height: 17.6centimetre;
width: 8centimetre

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Date

664–30 B.C.

Provenance

Rogers Fund, 1912

Style Period

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

Rights

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Public Domain

Inscription

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Location

Egypt

Subjects

Hieroglyphs; Cats

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Box for animal mummy surmounted by a cat, inscribed, 664–30 B.C., Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

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