Lizard coffin
FindspotNaukratis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsOverall: 4.8 x 1.5 cm (1 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number86.266
On View
Not on viewClassificationsReligious and cult objects
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession Date: January 1, 1886)
945–712 B.C.
760–30 B.C.
Early first millennium B.C.
650–550 B.C.
650–550 B.C.
900–700 B.C.
A.D. 363–476
late 4th–late 3rd century B.C.
760–30 B.C.
760–30 B.C.
760–30 B.C.