Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Priestess of the Goddess Bastet Late PeriodEgypt
Description
Object Label: This statue represents a woman associated with the worship of the goddess Bastet. In her right hand she once held a sistrum, used in certain rituals for Bastet as well as other goddesses. Caption: Priestess of the Goddess Bastet, ca. 664–332 B.C.E.. Silver with mixture of copper, 4 3/4 x 1 7/16 x 1 5/16 in. (12.1 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.402E.
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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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Bastet
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.402E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117056 tier-2
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