Bastet with lion-headed aegis and basket

Unknown Artist

664–30 B.C.

Bastet with lion-headed aegis and basket by Unknown Artist

Medium

Cupreous metal

Dimensions

H. 10.6 × W. 3.3 × D. 4.2 cm (4 3/16 × 1 5/16 × 1 5/8 in.)

Classification

Statuette, Bastet; 138-jewelry-case

Period

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

Department

Egyptian Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Mary Anna Palmer Draper, 1915

Accession Number

15.43.5

Tags

Goddess

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