Shrew-mouse surmounting shrine-shaped box for an animal mummy, 664–30

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Shrew-mouse surmounting shrine-shaped box for an animal mummy, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 , From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. cm (1 3/8 in.); W. cm (11/16 in.); L. cm (2 3/16 in.), The shrew mouse was an animal sacred to the solar deity Horus of Letopolis, but was honored all over Egypt, particularly in the Delta. The mouse was considered to be the blind eye of Horus, which was miraculously healed, thereby symbolizing resurrection and rebirth

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