Title: Shrew surmounting a box for animal mummy
Object type: Mummy case, ant-eater; shrew; 138-glass-case
Date: 664–30 B.C.
Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Medium: Cupreous metal
Dimensions: L. 10.8 × W. 2.5 × H. 4.3 cm (4 1/4 × 1 × 1 11/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of James Douglas, 1890
Geography: From    Egypt      
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals