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Caption

Shrew Mouse Coffin, 305–30 B.C.E.. Wood, gesso, pigment, 1 3/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 5/8 in. (3.5 x 3.7 x 6.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 53.82.2. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Title

Shrew Mouse Coffin

Date

305–30 B.C.E.

Period

Ptolemaic Period

Medium

Wood, gesso, pigment

Classification

Remains, Animal

Dimensions

1 3/8 x 1 7/16 x 2 5/8 in. (3.5 x 3.7 x 6.7 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

53.82.2

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