Digital Giza | Faience amulet of Bastet

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: G 2370, G 2382

Faience amulet of cat-headed goddess, [Bastet], standing, wearing two feathers and Hathor headdress; handmade, blue glaze, eyelet on back of crown. Illustration: Yes

ID

HUMFA_12-12-4
Department

Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Classification

Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
Findspot

G 2382 [(originally thought to be a tomb, but now known to be a jumbled deposit of limestone blocks from other nearby tombs)], [Senedjemib complex court], S of door of G 2370
Material

Faience
Dimensions

Height: 5.5 cm
Credit Line

Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information

In the collection of: Egyptian Museum, Cairo (JE 44620)
Date of Register Entry

12/03/1912
Object owned by

Egyptian Museum, Cairo