Publication Date
3rd-2nd century BCE (Greco-Roman)
Publication Place
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The Walters Art Museum
Subject
Culture: Egyptian | more | less
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Dimensions: 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm)
Library
Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID
79.3
Record ID
walters-21582
Library Location
The Walters Art Museum
Date
3rd-2nd century BCE (Greco-Roman)
Notes
Priests oversaw the rituals, mummifications, funerals, and burials of sacred temple animals. By the mid-1st millennium BC, people were encouraged to pay for the mummification as a sacred offering to the related deity. A cat mummy would be offered to a feline deity, such as Bastet. This was a lucrative business, and "false" mummies were sometimes created to meet the demand. Actually, this is one of those: X-rays show that there is nothing inside the wrappings.For the latest information about this object, mummies, visit art.thewalters.org. | Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty | Inscriptions: | Reign: | Style: | more | less
Parçası Olduğu
EGY | Ancient Art
Malzeme
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