Votive Statue

29-70-695

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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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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