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Source Description
The cat-goddess Bastet could be depicted with the head of a lioness, adding an extra potency to her protection. The inscriptions indicate that this enthroned figure of the goddess was a New Year's gift, given to celebrate the beneficial annual flooding of the Nile River.
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Document identity
localId
12694
label
Bastet Enthroned
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
12694
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Bastet Enthroned
description
The cat-goddess Bastet could be depicted with the head of a lioness, adding an extra potency to her protection. The inscriptions indicate that this enthroned figure of the goddess was a New Year's gift, given to celebrate the beneficial annual flooding of the Nile River.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from Fayoum]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century (Roman Imperial)
citationUrl
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
statuettes (statues)
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2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
med
Egyptian faience
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6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
type
photo
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e5106a505ae62533
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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484dedb2c5cf0c78
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no