Two Egyptian mongooses atop a shrine-shaped box, intended to hold an animal mummy. Artist unknown;
Two Egyptian mongooses atop a shrine-shaped box, intended to hold an animal mummy. Artist unknown; ca. 664-30 BCE (Late Period or Ptolemaic). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. -- source link
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