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Source Description
The ancient Egyptians donated figures of their gods for use in temple rituals; smaller images served as amulets to ensure divine protection. Goddesses in particular were viewed as protective deities. From earliest times, Egyptian venerated a wide circle of feline-headed female deities, such as Sakhmet, Tefnut, Wadjet, and Bastet. This statuette of a standing Bastet has an usekh-collar with a lioness head in her hand as a protective symbol. The inscription on the base names the donor of the figure.
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Document identity
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17195
label
Bastet Holding an Aegis
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Source metadata
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17195
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normalized
title
Bastet Holding an Aegis
description
The ancient Egyptians donated figures of their gods for use in temple rituals; smaller images served as amulets to ensure divine protection. Goddesses in particular were viewed as protective deities. From earliest times, Egyptian venerated a wide circle of feline-headed female deities, such as Sakhmet, Tefnut, Wadjet, and Bastet. This statuette of a standing Bastet has an usekh-collar with a lioness head in her hand as a protective symbol. The inscription on the base names the donor of the figure.
provenance
[From Mitrahina]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1911, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 305-250 BCE (early Ptolemaic Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
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en
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Metal
statuettes (statues)
figurines
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7
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7
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
12.3
height
3.6
depth
3.2
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 13/16 x W: 1 7/16 x D: 1 1/4 in. (12.3 x 3.6 x 3.2 cm); H with base: 6 9/16 x W: 1 5/8 x D: 1 5/8 in. (16.6 x 4.1 x 4.2 cm)
Source extras
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Egyptian
inscriptions
[Translation] Bastet may give life to Amen-er-dj-s
son of the priest of Amun Pefti-w-[m]-awj-Neith
born of the lady of the house Mut-er-dj-s.
dynasty
early Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
bronze with silver and electrum
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6182
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2172
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