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Cat with Kittens Late Period to Ptolemaic PeriodSaqqara

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.406Ea-b. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.406Ea-b
Find spot: Saqqara, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 26, or later
Date: ca. 664–30 B.C.E. or later
Date range: 664 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['Bronze', 'wood']
Height: 6.1 cm
Width: 8.8 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Cat with Kittens (37.406Ea-b). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18735

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Object Label: Although precious few Egyptian works of art, including individual figures or their faces, are perfectly symmetrical, three-dimensional groupings of figures are seldom as asymmetrical as this composition. The cat is the goddess Bastet, who could also be shown in leonine form. For more on Bastet and other "lioness-cat" goddesses, see the installations in Temples, Tombs, and the Egyptian Universe. Caption: Cat with Kittens, ca. 664–30 B.C.E. or later. Bronze, wood, 2 3/8 x 3 7/16 x 1 15/16 in. (6.1 x 8.8 x 5 cm) Base: 1 x 3 3/16 x 4 1/16 in. (2.6 x 8.1 x 10.3 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.406Ea-b. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Saqqara

Deities Bastet

Materials Bronze

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BKM-Accession 37.406Ea-b tier-2
BKM-Object 4036 tier-2

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