Horus Falcon on Shrine-shaped Coffin

Egypt, Possibly Ptolemaic Dynasty, 332-330 B.C.E.
Bronze H: 16.8 W: 5.8 D: 24.3 cm
Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1907.154

(From Museum website):
"This oblong bronze pedestal might have served as a coffin for a small mummified animal. It is surmounted by a Horus falcon wearing the Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt."


Falcon Coffin at MFA


Horus as a Falcon @ LACMA