Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · funerary_equipment
Bundle in Form of Cat Mummy Late Period to Ptolemaic PeriodEgypt
Description
Object Label: This linen bundle is filled with soil and stones. There are no remains. It is unclear whether such a fake mummy represents a corrupt practice or a less expensive means of making a request of the cat goddess Bastet. Catalogue description: Culture Egyptian Caption: Egyptian. Bundle in Form of Cat Mummy, 664–30 B.C.E.. Linen, stones, soil, plant matter, 2 1/8 x 3 x 10 3/8 in. (5.4 x 7.6 x 26.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum Collection, X1179.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
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Deities
Bastet
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession X1179.3 tier-2
- BKM-Object 179037 tier-2
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