Cat Coffin
https://clevelandart.org/art/1917.998
Although the cat is considered the most Egyptian of animals, as an object of worship the cat does not appear until late in Egyptian history. This unusually large statue of a cat was made to hold the mummified remains of a sacred cat. The coffin is, of course, hollow, with an o...
Artifact
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id
98363
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| citation |
citation
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| rights |
rights
CC0
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q60741470"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
1917.998
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Source image fields (4)
| thumbnailUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.998/1917.998_web.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.998/1917.998_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1917.998/1917.998_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Technique
bronze, hollow cast
Medium
bronze, hollow cast
Genre
Funerary Equipment
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Relations
belongs_to