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Statuette of a Jackal

Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE)
Copper alloy
17.5 × 5.1 cm (6.9 × 2 in)

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FROM THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO’S CATALOG

This statuette represents the god Anubis or Wepwawet, the jackal guardians of burial sites. The figure is solid cast from copper alloy, and the details of its fur are incised. The figure may originally have decorated the top of a shrine.

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