Specimen Count

1

From card: "Found at Akhmin by Maspero [Egyptologist and Director of the Cairo Museum Gaston Maspero], purchased from Egyptian Government 1886; Wood. Bibl.: MMA Egyptian Catalogue, 1898, No. 214. Painted red, black, and gold. 3-12-1987 lent to Memphis Pink Palace Museum; loan returned Dec 9 1987."

From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Mummified falcon in coffin, 332-30 B.C. This wood coffin originally had legs and a sun disc emerging from the head to identify it with a sun god. A falcon mummy is still tucked in a recess in the back.

Record Last Modified

30 Aug 2016

Topic

Archaeology

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Site Name

Akhmim

Donor Name

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Place

Upper Egypt, Egypt, Africa

Accession Date

1959-Jan-19

Object Type

Animal Mummy / Coffin

Accession Number

223500

USNM Number

A423000-0

Culture

Ancient Egyptian