Jackal Inlay

Unknown

664–30 B.C. · Glass · Egyptian Art

This inlay of a recumbent jackal was found with the shrine inlay on which it originally would have perched. This jackal likely represented either Anubis, the chief god of embalming, or Wepwawet, the "Opener of the Ways" who escorted the deceased into the underworld.

Artist

Unknown

Date

664–30 B.C.

Medium

Glass

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922