Public domain (cc-zero, image retrieved via The Met Fifth Avenue Museum), Title: “Mummy case, lizard”; Geography: From Egypt; Period: Ptolemaic or Roman Period; Date: 305 BCE–364 CE;Medium: Cupreous metal; Dimensions: H. 3.3 cm (1 5/16 in.); W. 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in.); L. 6.2 cm (2 7/16 in.); Credit line: Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904; Source/Collection: The MET Fifth Avenue Museum; Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art.
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