Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Bastet Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

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Description

Statuette, Bastet; 138-jewelry-case. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Cupreous metal. H. 11.2 × W. 3.5 × D. 3.7 cm (4 7/16 × 1 3/8 × 1 7/16 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1957.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

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
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