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Falcon Box with Wrapped Contents

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
600–30 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899
The elaborately decorated box features a falcon statuette on top of its lid. Inside is a tightly wrapped linen bundle. X-rays have shown that it does not contain a complete bird mummy but only feathers.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Falcon Box with Wrapped Contents
  • Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
  • Dynasty: late Dynasty 26 or later
  • Date: 600–30 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt; Said to be from Middle Egypt, Asyut (Lykopolis)
  • Medium: Painted and gilded wood, linen, resin, feathers
  • Dimensions: H. 58.5 × W. 24.9 × D. 33.3 cm (23 1/16 × 9 13/16 × 13 1/8 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
  • Object Number: 12.182.5a–c
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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