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Bronze container for mummified eel; on top is figure of eel with fore-part in form of human-headed uraeus wearing double crown. Egypt, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BCE. The image on the top of this box represents an eel with the forepart of a uraeus serpent, and a human head wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. The eel was associated with the god Atum of Heliopolis, one of the oldest Egyptian deities, and attributed with the creation of the world. Bronze, 14.6 x 29.8 cm. Inv. 1867,0812.17.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART532366
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
4875px × 3596px
Photo Credit
© The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY
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Aton, Sun God
Bronze
Eel
Ptolemaic period (332 BCE-30 CE)
Reliquary
Sculpture
Uraeus, Snake Symbol of Egypt