Figure of a Shrew

Ptolemaic Period

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134

"The voracious" was the ancient Egyptians'name for the shrew, an epithet that aptly describes the feeding habits of this tiny animal. In ancient Egyptian mythology the shrew was closely associated with the ichneumon. The shrew represented the blind aspect of a solar deity whose complement, endowed with keen eyesight, was understood to be the ichneumon.

Figure of a Shrew, Cupreous metal

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Figure of a Shrew, Cupreous metal
Figure of a Shrew, Cupreous metal
Figure of a Shrew, Cupreous metal
Figure of a Shrew, Cupreous metal
Figure of a Shrew, Cupreous metal
Figure of a Shrew, Cupreous metal
Figure of a Shrew, Cupreous metal
Figure of a Shrew, Cupreous metal
Figure of a Shrew, Cupreous metal

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