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Coffin for a serpent mummy

760–30 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsHeight x width x length: 14 x 3.8 x 55 cm (5 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 21 5/8 in.)
Credit LineWilliam Stevenson Smith Fund
Accession number1986.239
On View
On view
ProvenanceBy 1981: Walter Stein collection (Sotheby Parke-Bernet sale, December 9. 1981, no. 121); 1986: purchased by the MFA at Sotheby's (New York Sale No. 5464 May 30, 1986, no. 77).
Conservation Status: After Cleaning
945–712 B.C.
Votive figure
Early first millennium B.C.
Votive plaque
650–550 B.C.
Votive plaque
650–550 B.C.
Talisman
900–700 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.