Cat Coffin

305–30 BCE Overall: 51 x 14.1 x 24 cm (20 1/16 x 5 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.) Source image
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Although the cat is considered the most Egyptian of animals, as an object of worship the cat does not appear until late in Egyptian history. This unusually large statue of a cat was made to hold the mummified remains of a sacred cat. The coffin is, of course, hollow, with an o...

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