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Mummified Cat

Accession: 79.2
Dynasty: 30th-Ptolemaic Dynasty
Date: 4th-3rd century BCE (Late Period-Ptolemaic)
Date range: 400 BCE – 200 BCE
Materials: ['mummified cat wrapped in linen']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Mummified Cat (79.2). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220814

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Description

<p>Since the Late Period the Egyptians gave animal mummies as gifts to the gods. These animals were bred near the temples. The largest amount of cat mummies was gifted to the goddess Bastet at her ritual center, Bubastis, in the eastern Delta of Egypt. Some cat mummies were exported to Europe in the 19th century for use as fertilizer. This cat mummy was carefully wrapped in linen strips. The x-ray of the mummy shows its neck intact, with the forelegs pressed down against the body and hind legs folded together.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/79.2' rel='external'>Mummified Cat</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Bastet

Cross-references (2)

Walters-AccNum 79.2 tier-2
Walters-id 38882 tier-2

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