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Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
This inlay of a recumbent jackal was found with the shrine inlay on which it originally would have perched. This jackal likely represented either Anubis, the chief god of embalming, or Wepwawet, the "Opener of the Ways" who escorted the deceased into the underworld.
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Title: Jackal Inlay
Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date: 664–30 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, South Valleys, Unfinished Temple Valley, Tomb MMA 1151, MMA excavations, 1920–22
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: L. 3.8 × H. 2.2 × D. 0.6 cm (1 1/2 × 7/8 × 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
Object Number: 22.3.55
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