Provider: Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic

TY  - JOUR
JO  - Anthropologie (Brno)
TI  - A Story of an Ancient Egyptian Mouse
AU  - Vymazalová H
AU  - Sůvová Z
Y1  - 2016
VL  - 54
IS  - 3
PB  - Moravian Museum, Brno, Czech Republic
SN  - 0323-1119
SP  - 187
EP  - 194
KW  - Ancient Egypt ‒ Abusir ‒ Fifth Dynasty ‒ Neferinpu ‒ Mouse ‒ Shrew
N2  - 
N2  - This contribution presents an interpretation of a unique discovery of a mouse burial, which was found
inside the sarcophagus of an Egyptian priest, Neferinpu, dating to the third millennium BC. The careful placement
and linen covering of the mouse seems to indicate that it was an intentional artifact within the burial of the priest.
Interpretations of this find lead us to the religious symbolism of mice and shrews in ancient Egypt, associated with the
solar cult. The symbolism and importance of shrews and mice in the beliefs of the ancient Egyptians is well documented
from later periods of Egyptian history, when they were often mummified and placed in little coffins.
ER  -