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 viewClassificationsReligious and cult objects
Collections
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).
12th century B.C.
late 7th–early 8th century
late 19th century
Late 19th century
1991–1784 B.C.
about 540–520 B.C.
about 500 B.C.
664–332 B.C.
2nd century B.C.
about 210–170 B.C.
about 350–300 B.C.
Late 4th–early 3rd century B.C.