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Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1504-1452 B.C.
1 1/2 in. (2.01 grams, 17.59 mm).
Modelled resting on a rectangular base, with fur-texture detailing and hieroglyph to the underside. [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From an old Suffolk, UK, collection.
Acquired in the UK before 1980.
From the personal collection of Derek Rogers, Suffolk, UK.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, item 29(c), for type.
FOOTNOTES:
The cat was sacred to Bastet, a protective mother goddess and the daughter of the sun god Re. Amulets provided the wearer with the goddess's protection.
Her name means ‘she of the bast [ointment jar],’ which may have contained a substance favoured by or exclusive to royalty. Originally, Bastet was depicted as a woman with the head of a lioness, but by the New Kingdom, she was typically depicted with a cat's head. She is sometimes shown with kittens, emphasising her maternal role as a fierce protector of offspring.
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