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Figure of a jackal

Third Intermediate Period

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 126

Jackals were closely associated with mummification and the journey of the deceased to the afterlife. The two principal deities depicted in this form are Anubis, the god of embalming, and Wepwawet, who escorted Osiris, and by extension all the dead, into the underworld. Without an inscription, it is not always possible to tell which god a jackal is meant to represent.

This recumbent jackal may once have been on top of a coffin or shrine-shaped funerary box.

Figure of a jackal, Wood

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Figure of a jackal, Wood
Figure of a jackal, Wood
Figure of a jackal, Wood
Figure of a jackal, Wood
Figure of a jackal, Wood
Figure of a jackal, Wood

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