Bastet, often represented with the head of a lion or a cat, was a goddess both of joy and pleasure and of warfare. Here, she holds a protective ritual instrument, an usekh-collar surmounted by a feline head with a sun-disk.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 29th-Ptolemaic DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
مادة الأثر:
bronze with gold inlay
المدى الزمني:
Dimensions: 5 11/16 x 1 7/8 x 2 9/16 in. (14.4 x 4.7 x 6.5 cm);
mount: 1 7/8 x 2 x 3 5/8 in. (4.8 x 5.1 x 9.3 cm)
