AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXX, 1070-343 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXX, 1070-343 B.C. Seated with its forepaws together, its long tail curving forward around its right side, with the tip extending beyond the paws, the small head with an angular jawline, the large ears erect, a hieroglyphic inscription along the edge of the hm -shaped integral plinth, from right to left, then center, reading: "...[Bastet?] giver of life, Maa-kheru-Hor...Iun(yt), Sopdet, Lady of...may he live forever!" 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXX, 1070-343 B.C.
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXX, 1070-343 B.C. Seated with its forepaws together, its long tail curving forward around its right side, with the tip extending beyond the paws, the small head with an angular jawline, the large ears erect, a hieroglyphic inscription along the edge of the hm -shaped integral plinth, from right to left, then center, reading: "...[Bastet?] giver of life, Maa-kheru-Hor...Iun(yt), Sopdet, Lady of...may he live forever!" 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high
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