Small coffin of an ichneumon mummy

The small box is made from a single rectangular log of wood. It has a lid on the front side. The top side is painted with a checkerboard pattern in red and black. On the box is a small but rather detailed figure of an ichneumon, that was originally gilded. The box contains (part of) a small animal mummy; it is not clear whether it originally belongs in the case or not.

Present location	ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM
Inventory number	APM 3332
Dating	LATE PERIOD
Archaeological Site	UNKNOWN
Category	COFFIN/SARCOPHAGUS OF MAMMAL
Material	WOOD; PLASTER
Technique	PAINTED ON STUCCO; SCULPTURED
Height	5.8 cm
Width	9.3 cm
Depth	5.3 cm

Bibliography

• K.A.D. Smelik, Egyptes heilige dieren in het Allard Pierson Museum, MVAPM 18 (december 1979), 3-6: 5/fig. 10
• R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer (ed.), Egypte, eender en anders (tentoonstellingscatalogus APM), 1984, 126 (nr. 269)
• W.M. van Haarlem, R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Gids voor de afdeling Egypte, Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, 1986, 33
• R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Egypte, geschenk van de Nijl, 1992, 117, 120/fig. 82
• W.M. van Haarlem, CAA Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, Fasc. IV, 1997, 30-31