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Upper Part of a Sistrum with a Cat Ptolemaic PeriodEgypt

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.585E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.585E
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 332–30 B.C.E.
Date range: 332 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['Bronze']
Height: 14.6 cm
Width: 5.5 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Upper Part of a Sistrum with a Cat (37.585E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18200

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Caption: Upper Part of a Sistrum with a Cat, 332–30 B.C.E.. Bronze, 5 3/4 x 2 3/16 x 1 5/16 in. (14.6 x 5.5 x 3.4 cm) mount (Divine Felines installed dims 2015 when mounted): 12 x 2 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (30.5 x 5.7 x 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.585E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Materials Bronze Metal

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BKM-Accession 37.585E tier-2
BKM-Object 117226 tier-2

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