Bronze Lizard Coffin
date: label: Accession Date
content: 25 Nov 1887
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. James A. Grant Bey
notes: label: Notes
content: From NMNH Exhibit Hall "Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt" label for this artifact, 2011: Bronze lizard coffin, 332-30 B.C. A small lizard lies inside this tiny coffin, which most likely hung in a temple suspended by a cord threaded through the loop on top.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 019601
label: USNM Number
content: A129627-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Coffin