Date : approx. between 600 and 332 B.C.
Dimensions : 42 cm high
Acquisition : Gift of Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson
Basse Epoque
| Bastet
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Ancient Egypt
Sculpture (Animal)
Area related
Saqqara (Egypte)
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The cat is mostly identified with the goddess Bastet, whose cult centre was at Bubastis in the Nile Delta. Bubastis became particularly important when its rulers became the kings of Egypt, forming the Twenty-second Dynasty, sometimes known as the 'Libyan Dynasty'. The rise of the importance of Bastet and the cat can probably be dated to this period. This sculpture is now known as the Gayer-Anderson cat, after its donor to The British Museum.
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