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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
ClassificationsReligious and cult objects
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).
Aegis of Isis
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.
Serpent box
760–30 B.C.
Lizard box
760–30 B.C.
Serpent box
760–30 B.C.