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Ptolemaic Period
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.
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Title: Falcon Box with Wrapped Contents
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 332–30 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt; Said to be from Middle Egypt, Asyut (Lykopolis)
Medium: Painted and gilded wood, linen, resin, feathers
Dimensions: H. 58.5 cm (23 1/16 in.); W. 24.9 cm (9 13/16 in.); D. 33.3 cm (13 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1912
Accession Number: 12.182.5a–c
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