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Plate I
The Gayer-Anderson Cat
Maker unknown
Hollow-cast bronze figure of a seated cat associated with the goddess Bastet, inlaid and adorned with precious metals.
- Date
- Late Period, around 600 BC
- Collection
- The British Museum
- Reference
- EA64391
Record
- Medium
- bronze; silver; gold
- Dimensions
- 34 cm high without base
- Origin
- Egypt
- Owner
- The Trustees of the British Museum
In the Tapestry
- Culture of origin
- Ancient EgyptAmedium confidence
Provenance and history
Late Period, around 600 BC
CreatedA
Sources
- A
britishmuseum.org
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