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Cat with very worn inscription Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 10.130.1320. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 10.130.1320
Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date: 664–30 B.C.
Date range: 664 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['cupreous metal']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Cat with very worn inscription (10.130.1320). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/215798

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Figurine, cat. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Cupreous metal. H. 8.8 cm (3 7/16 in.); W. 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.); L. 5.9 cm (2 5/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Cats. Credit: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910.

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