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Source Description
Bastet, often represented with the head of a lion or a cat, was a goddess both of joy and pleasure and of warfare. Here, she holds a protective ritual instrument, an usekh-collar surmounted by a feline head with a sun-disk.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
38874
label
Bastet Standing
core
obj
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object
citationUrl
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Source metadata
id
38874
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Bastet Standing
description
Bastet, often represented with the head of a lion or a cat, was a goddess both of joy and pleasure and of warfare. Here, she holds a protective ritual instrument, an usekh-collar surmounted by a feline head with a sun-disk.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
4th-mid 3rd century BCE (Late Period-Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
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Metal
statuettes (statues)
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7
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7
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
14.4
height
4.7
depth
6.5
dimensionsRaw
5 11/16 x 1 7/8 x 2 9/16 in. (14.4 x 4.7 x 6.5 cm);mount: 1 7/8 x 2 x 3 5/8 in. (4.8 x 5.1 x 9.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
29th-Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
bronze with gold inlay
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6182
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EGY
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none
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