Falcon Box with Wrapped Contents

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

600–30 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 133

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: 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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