Faience cat amulet
- Accession Number
- EC1020
- Current Location
- House of Death (ground floor), Amulets case
- Object Type
- Jewellery, Amulet
- Material
- Faience
- Measurements
- Height: 26mm | Width: 8mm | Depth: 19mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Animal
- Cat
- Divine Name
- Bastet
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Licensing details
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- Description
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A faience amulet of a cat with damaged legs and ears. Cats were sacred to the goddess Bastet whose cult Centre was 'Per Bastet' (House of Bastet) in the eastern Delta. It was called Bubastis by the Greeks and is known as Tell Basta today.
- Other Identity
- W2037a (See photograph in W2037Ck file.)
- Previous Owner
- National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
- Acquisition
- Gift, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff (05 Dec 1983)
- Last modified: 02 Nov 2020