Votive Statue
29-70-695
From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | 29-70-695 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Mit-Rahineh |
Locus | Surface north of Room I of the palace of Merenptah |
Period | Late Period |
Date Made | 664-332 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Bronze |
Iconography | Bastet | Aegis |
Description | Small bronze votive figurine showing Bastet wearing a short-sleeved, tight-fitting dress decorated with cross-hatched pattern. She carries an aegis in her left hand. The right hand is missing. |
Height | 12.7 cm |
Width | 3.8 cm |
Depth | 3.8 cm |
Credit Line | The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt, 1915-1920 |
Other Number | M6620 - Field No SF |
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