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Representations of cats are well-known in Ancient Egypt from the 2nd millennium BCE. The onomatopoetic Egyptian name was "miu" (mjw) for the male, and "mit" (mjjt) for the female cat. Egypt's economic base was agriculture and therefore rodent- and snake-hunting felines were ve...
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38694
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object
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normalized
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| provenance |
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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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| language |
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en
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3
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import
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| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1563_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1563_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/CUR_48.1563_Lft_DD_RS2009.jpg |
| imageCount | 3 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1563 |
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