Falcon mummy

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Falcon mummy

Place made:Egypt

Culture: Egyptian

Period: Late Period-Roman Period

Date: ca. 712 BC-AD 395

Medium: Falcon remains and linen

Dimensions:

7 7/8 × 2 3/8 × 1 7/8 in. (20 × 6 × 4.8 cm)

Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Sylvia Hykes Reebel

Object number: 2023.3

Provenance: According to a handwritten note with the falcon, it was a gift from "Miss Brown, a missionary" to Sylvia Hykes; with Sylvia Hykes (later Reebel, 1904-1997), probably by the 1920s; by inheritance to her children; Sylvia Hykes Reebel's children, by gift to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 2023

Not on view

In Collection(s)

Art of the Ancient Mediterranean World

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Falcon mummy

Falcon mummy