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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
localId
24868
label
Falcon Reliquary
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
24868
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Falcon Reliquary
description
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.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
5th-4th century BCE (Late Period-Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Metal
figurines
mummies
reliquaries
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
19
height
5.5
depth
10.2
dimensionsRaw
7 1/2 x 2 3/16 x 4 in. (19 x 5.5 x 10.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
Ptolemaic Dynasty (?)
med
bronze, falcon bones, textile wrappings
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
2173
2945
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1
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0
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photo
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5dd3c6e5d6498741