Copper alloy figure of a cat
Seated cat, with ornate necklace; inlaid eyes, head out of proportion to body from side elevation; right ear damaged and restored. representing Bastet, the cat goddess who was daughter of the sun god Ra.
Height: 18 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1954) by Greg, Robert, Sir
Ptolemaic Period
Circa
-332
-
Circa
-30
bronze Copper alloy
Accession number: E.69.1954
Primary reference Number: 62120
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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