Anubis (Primary Title)

Unknown (Artist)

ca. 664–525 BC
Egyptian
bronze (copper alloy)
Overall (unmounted): 6 3/4 × 1 1/4 × 2 3/4 in. (17.15 × 3.18 × 6.99 cm)
Other (mounted): 7 3/4 × 2 × 3 1/2 in. (19.69 × 5.08 × 8.89 cm)
57.23
The god Anubis weighed the hearts of the dead and was also the god of embalming and tombs; at night, he kept guard over mummies.
Dynasty 26
Late (Saite) Period
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
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