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| Keywords: Egyptian - Falcon Figure with Falcon Mummy - Walters 542120 - Left.jpg The Egyptians buried animal mummies in animal-shaped coffins carved from wood or formed from clay but they also inserted some mummies into bronze figurines Placed in subterranean animal cemeteries these figurines served not only as coffins but also as a kind of reliquary with a ritual function century 5 4 BC Late Period-Greco-Roman bronze falcon bones textile wrappings cm 19 5 5 10 2 accession number 54 2120 24868 Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters The Egyptian Mummy Secrets and Science Maryland Science Center Baltimore 1984 Mummified The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2008-2013 place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Falcons in Ancient Egypt Egyptian mummies of falcons Works of the Egyptian late period | ||||
