Priestess of the Goddess Bastet
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.
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A bronze statuette depicting a female figure holding a child
The artifact is a bronze statuette representing a female figure, possibly a deity or a queen, holding a child in her left arm. The figure is adorned with a detailed wig and a tight-fitting dress. The style is characteristic of small bronze votive offerings from the later periods of Egyptian history, possibly representing a mother goddess or royal mother with child.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.402E tier-2
- BKM-Object 117056 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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