Statue

E14289

From: Egypt | Bubastis

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E14289
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Bubastis
Period Late Period | Twenty-Sixth Dynasty | Twenty-Seventh Dynasty
Date Made 664 - 405 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Bronze
Iconography Neith
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.

Credit Line Purchased from R. Haase, 1925
Other Number 0330 - Cast Number

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