Shrew-mouse surmounting shrine-shaped box for an animal mummy
Object type: Figurine, shrew mouse
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date: 664–30 B.C.
Medium: Cupreous metal
Dimensions: H. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); W. 1.8 cm (11/16 in.); L. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.)
Geography: From    Egypt  
Credit line: Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904
Accession year: 1904
Tags: Mice|Sarcophagus