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Bastet holding aegis and basket

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 2021.41.1. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 2021.41.1
Period: Late Period (Saite)–Ptolemaic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26 or later
Date: 664–30 B.C.
Date range: 664 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['cupreous metal']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Bastet holding aegis and basket (2021.41.1). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/15

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Late Period (Saite)–Ptolemaic Period, Dynasty 26 or later, 664–30 B.C. Cupreous metal. H. 11 × W. 3.8 × D. 2.7 cm (4 5/16 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020.

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