Anubis Shrine

Anubis Shrine
Materials: wood, plaster, lacquer, and gold leaf
SizeTotal length (including poles) 273.5 cm long, 63.7 cm high (shrine including sledge),[1] 60 cm high (jackal),[2] 50.7 cm wide (including sledge)[1]
CreatedReign of Tutankhamun, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom
DiscoveredTomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings
Present locationEgyptian Museum, Cairo
IdentificationJE 61444

3D model (click to interact)
Floorplan of the tomb of Tutankhamun

The Anubis Shrine was part of the burial equipment of the 18th Dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun, whose tomb in the Valley of the Kings was discovered almost intact in 1922 by Egyptologists led by Howard Carter. Today the object, with the find number 261, is on display at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, with the inventory number JE 61444.[2]

  1. ^ a b Carter, Howard. "Object Card 261-4". Griffith Institute. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b Hawass, Zahi (2018). Tutankhamun : Treasures of the golden pharaoh : The centennial celebration. New York: Melcher Media. p. 232. ISBN 978-1-59591-100-1.

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