Bronze statuette of Bastet, Dyn. 22
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Elegant bronze statuette of goddess Bastet, standing, with the body of a lady and the head of a cat. She wears an elaborate double circular necklace and a dress woven in exquisitely patterned cloth, reminiscent of New Kingdom luxuries. She holds a sacred rattle in her right hand, and a small basket hangs from her left arm. Her left hand holds an aegis presenting the head of the cow-goddess Hathor surmounted by the sun disc. This statue most probably comes from Bubastis during Dynasty 22, the heyday of the cult of Bastet. Sistrum (seshesht) The sistrum (seshesht in Egyptian) is a ritual rattling musical instrument. Sistrums were generally played by women in ceremonies, and is closely associated with the cult of Hathor. Goddess Bastet is often portrayed holding a sistrum. Many of the sistrums found in tombs were never functional. There were two general types: looped and naos shaped. The loop type is made of an inverted “U” frame through which rods bearing small metal disks are threaded. The frame is affixed to a stick handle used to shake the instrument. On some of the more elaborate instruments, the handle bears a representation of goddess Hathor. Bibliography (for this item)Hart, George1986 A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, United Kingdom. (54-56) Khalil, Hassan M. 1976 Preliminary Studies on the Sanusret Collection. Manuscript, Musée l’Egypte et le Monde Antique, Monaco-Ville, Monaco. ([I] 187) Michalowski, Kazimierz 1968 L’art de l’ancienne Egypte. Editions d’art Lucien Mazenod, Paris, France. (fig # 614) Roeder, Gunther 1956 Agyptische Bronzefiguren in Mitteilungen aus der Agytischen Sammlung. Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin.. Tafelband, Berlin, Germany. (tafel 39-40) Russmann, Edna R. 2001 Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art from the British Museum. University of California Press, Berkeley. (262) Bibliography (on Sistrum (seshesht))Bunson, Margaret1999 The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Gramercy, New York, NY. Shaw, Ian, and Paul Nicholson 1995 The Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. British Museum Press, London, United Kingdom. |
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