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Description: | Mummified cat. 38cm high. Label reads 'Mummy of a cat. Pres. B. J. Bryan of Cairo. Formerly of UCW (Ptolemaic or Roman). Large cat cemeteries associated with the goddess Bastet developed from the first millenium BC and became particularly common towards the end of the Late Period , but most date to the Ptolemaic Period. Cat cemeteries existed at Saqqara, Bubastis, Thebes, etc. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Temporal: | 747 B.C.-32 B.C.
Late Period - Ptolemaic
Graeco Roman | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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