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| Object Number: | E14289 |
| Current Location: |
Egypt (Mummies Gallery) Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Egypt Bubastis |
| Period: | Late Period Twenty-Sixth Dynasty Twenty-Seventh Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 664 - 405 BC |
| Early Date: | -665 |
| Late Date: | -404 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Bronze |
| Iconography: | Neith |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from R. Haase, 1925 |
| Other Number: | 0330 - Cast Number |
Description
This hollow cast votive statue of the goddess Neith originally held a walking staff. This statue was deposited at a cult center of the goddess, whose chief temple was at Sais. Neith was a goddess of war. She also was the patron deity of weavers.
Bibliography:
| [Book] The Artifacts of Ancient Egypt.. National Museum of History, Republic of China. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 100 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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