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Serpent box
Serpent box

Serpent box

760–30 B.C.
FindspotNaukratis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsOverall: 3.2 x 2 cm (1 1/4 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number86.274
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsReligious and cult objects
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by 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)
Conservation Status: After Cleaning
945–712 B.C.
Group shot:  04.1791, 11.1510, 11.1517
A.D. 363–476
Votive bell
late 4th–late 3rd century B.C.
Lizard box
760–30 B.C.
Serpent box
760–30 B.C.
Serpent box
760–30 B.C.
Serpent box
760–30 B.C.
Lizard box
760–30 B.C.
Serpent box
760–30 B.C.