Head covering for a mummified cat made of painted cartonnage (plaster and linen). Late Dynastic-Graeco Roman 747 BC -AD 395.

Cartonnage mask of cat. Late Dynastic- Graeco Roman. Purchased by Wellcome in 1928. This would have been worn by a mummified cat. In the Late Dynastic to Greco Roman Period (747-395BC) cats were specially bred to be killed and then mummified in honour of the goddess Bastet.

Collection

Egypt Centre, University of Swansea

Inventory Number

3543581

Title

Head covering for a mummified cat made of painted cartonnage (plaster and linen). Late Dynastic-Graeco Roman 747 BC -AD 395.

Object Type

Image

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