Lot Essay
These shrines usually contained food for the deceased falcon, a number of them were found in the Falcon galleries in the sacred animal necropolis at North Saqqara.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE SARCOPHAGUS AND AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FALCON STAFF
LATE PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
The former in the form of a model shrine with cavetto cornice, surmounted by three standing falcons, each wearing a pschent (double crown); the latter, in the form of a papyrus umbel, surmounted by a falcon, also with a pschent crown--7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) height of box; 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm) height of staff (2)
LATE PERIOD, 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
The former in the form of a model shrine with cavetto cornice, surmounted by three standing falcons, each wearing a pschent (double crown); the latter, in the form of a papyrus umbel, surmounted by a falcon, also with a pschent crown--7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) height of box; 6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm) height of staff (2)