Reproduction
Object Category
coffins
Description
White rectangular limestone box with painted design in red and black on each side, a carved cornice at each short end which is paonted over. There is a detachable lid with two mice carved on the top, painted red and black. The interior is divided into two compartments each of which originally contained a mummifed mouse.
Collection Place
Abydos
Collection Place Notes
Tomb 67. A photograph showing the object in situ when excavated is held at the University of Liverpool Garstang Museum SAOS neg.A. 51 as pointed out by Mohamid Yazid in 2016. A copy of this image is in the Related Document File (RDF) for UC2397 [AS 07/01/2016]
Collector
Production Period
(possible) Ptolemaic Period
Material
Dimensions
length: 12.0 cms
width: 11.1 cms
height: 9.2 cms
Accession Number
LDUCE-UC2397
Administration Name
Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
