Votive Snake Coffin / Bronze / Copper

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.00.4672
Object Name: Votive Snake Coffin
Lot: Hoskier, H.C.
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Animal coffins
Materials: Bronze; Copper
Length: 9.1 cm;
Width: 3.5 cm;
Height: 5.9 cm;
Thickness: ;
Weight: ;217g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Full Artifact Description: Lightly pitted. Three uraei in fair condition , the central one being the largest. Mounted on a partially holly rectangular box-like base. A brace runs between the body and head portions of each of the three uraei. Two extra bodies separate the three. Very dark surface.; Snake coffin with rearing cobra. Bronze.
Subjects: Uraeus
Earliest Date: 525 BCE
Latest Date: 30 BCE
Verbatim Date: 525 - 30 BC
Verbatim Provenance: Egypt
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Individual & Society in Ancient Egypt; Discovery! Excavating the Ancient World
Exhibition Curator: Richards, Janet
Class Title: Gender and Society in Ancient Egypt (F2019)
Class Instructor: Wilfong, Terry G.
Class Department: MIDEAST
Class Number: 441.001
Class Year: 2019
Class Semester: Fall
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Image Size: 2272 x 1704
File Size: 161 KB
Record: 0000.00.4672
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4672/0000_00_4672p01.tif

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Full citation: "Votive Snake Coffin; Bronze; Copper." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.00.4672/0000_00_4672p01.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 12, 2024.

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