Animal Coffin with Horus figurine
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Animal Coffin with Horus figurine
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Published 2019-03-07T15:58:10+00:00
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In ancient Egypt, the practice of mummifying animals became widespread in the first millenium B.C. Until the advent of Christianity, visitors to temples could buy animal mummy bundles as offerings to the gods. Wealthier pilgrims could also splurge on elaborate coffins shaped as creatures to hold these mummies, which ancient Egyptians probably believed represented the souls of the gods. Along with the sale of animal mummies, the production of lavish bronze and wooden coffins must have been an important source of revenue for temples.
This coffin was dedicated to the falcon god Horus.
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| Date published | 07/03/2019 |
| Complexity | Easy |
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| Title | Animal Coffin with Horus figurine |
| Date | c. 712-30 BC |
| Accession | SM1931.3.63 |
| Period | Late to Ptolemaic Period |
| Medium | Copper Alloy |
| Credit | Scanned by Andréa Takantjas with the Artec Spider 3D Scanner |
| Record | https://semiticmuseum.fas.harvard.edu/ |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Harvard Semitic Museum |
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