Ba-bird, Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BC or later, From Egypt, Wood, paint, gold leaf, H. 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.); W. 5.1 cm (2 in.); L. 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.), The ba is an aspect of a person's non-physical being. After death, the ba was able to travel out from the tomb, but it had to periodically return to the tomb and be reunited with the mummy. The bas was usually represented as a bird with a human head, and sometimes with human arms
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Ba-bird, Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BC, later, Egypt, Wood, paint, gold leaf, H, 15.5 cm, 6 1/8, W, 5.1, 2, L, 9.3, 3 11/16, ba, aspect, person, non-physical, death, able, travel out, tomb, periodically return, reunited, mummy, bas, usually represented, bird, human head, sometimes, arms
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