Gayer-Anderson Cat

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The sculpture is now known as the Gayer-Anderson cat after Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson who, together with Mary Stout Shaw, donated it to the British Museum.[1] The statue is a representation of the cat-goddess Bastet. The cat wearsjewellery and a protective wedjat amulet. The earrings and nose ring on the statue may not have always belonged to the cat.[2]A winged scarab appears on the chest and head, it is 42cm high and 13cm wide. A copy of the statue is kept in the Gayer-Anderson Museum, located in Cairo.
The Gayer-Anderson Cat
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YearLate Period
TypeBronze
LocationBritish Museum, London

[THANKS TO WIKIPEDIA]

THE 'CULT, OF, BASTET'[CAT-WORSHIP], IS ,AKIN, TO, CERTAIN, 'AMUN-RA', SYMBOLISM.

CATS, JOKERS, AND, BATMEN?.MMM, SEEMS, I'VE, HEARD, OF THEM, SOMEPLACE..

BUT, MEANWHILE..DOWN, THE NILE...

http://isiopolis.com/2013/04/06/women-as-priests-in-ancient-egypt/



                                                     [JOHN WEGUELIN, PIC WIKIPEDIA]



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