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Description: | Bird coffin. Hollow wooden bird shape with headdress of double crown. 29cm high. Traces of gilt. Modern blue paint on one side. Mummified bird of prey in interior. Such birds were specially bred and killed to be given as votive offerings to gods. Some coffins do not contain birds but this one has been X-rayed and a bird was discovered. See Ken Griffith's article in 'Inscriptions' January 2009 for a description of the X-ray results. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 332 B.C.-395 A.D.
Ptolemaic - Roman Period
Roman Period
Graeco Roman | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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