Walters Art Museum (Egyptian) · statue

Seated Cat

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Accession: 54.403
Dynasty: 26th-30th Dynasty
Date: ca. 664-350 BCE (Late Period)
Date range: 676 BCE – 350 BCE
Materials: ['bronze, gold, glass']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Seated Cat (54.403). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220895

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<p>Cats were popular in Egypt and were associated with the goddess Bastet. This seated cat with its tail curled forward has golden earrings, a golden scarab inlaid on the forehead, and a necklace with a pendant in low relief. The pendant displays a standing goddess with the double-crown nursing the young Harpokrates.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/54.403' rel='external'>Seated Cat</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Bastet

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Walters-AccNum 54.403 tier-2
Walters-id 35906 tier-2

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