id:			147518
accession number:	1973.29
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1973.29
updated:		2022-09-10 10:47:28.236000

Amulet of Bastet, c. 1069–715 BC. Egypt, Third Intermediate Period. Hematite; overall: 4.4 x 1.1 x 2.8 cm (1 3/4 x 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1973.29

title:				Amulet of Bastet
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creation date:			c. 1069–715 BC
creation date earliest:		-1069
creation date latest:		-715
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Egypt, Third Intermediate Period
technique:	hematite
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Third Intermediate
type:		Amulets
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 4.4 x 1.1 x 2.8 cm (1 3/4 x 7/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1973
	opening date:   1974-01-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1973</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 30-March 17, 1974).

	title:		Howard Carter: Before the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb
	opening date:   1992-11-13T05:00:00
	<i>Howard Carter: Before the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb</i>. The British Museum, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (November 13, 1992-May 31, 1993).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 7-September 8, 1991).

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PROVENANCE

	Howard Carter (1874-1939), London, England, gifted to his niece, Phyllis Walker
	date: -1939
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	Phyllis Walker, sold to an English Private Collector
	date: 1939-
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	Sussex Armoury, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: -1973
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1973-
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fun fact: 
This object was in the collection of Howard Carter—the man who discovered the intact tomb of Tutankhamun—until his death.

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wall description: 
Elegantly seated on a low base, its tail curled around its left side, this tiny cat, sacred animal of the goddess Bastet, is a sculptural tour de force. The front legs are carved entirely in openwork. The base, an amalgam of the hieroglyphs for "ointment jar" (also used in the writing the name of the goddess Bastet), and "protection" is admirably contoured to the animal's body. On the back is a loop for suspension.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	“The Year in Review for 1973.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 61, no. 2 (1974).
	page number: 	no. 1, p. 33
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152513

	Cooney, John D. “Three Minor Masterpieces of Egyptian Art.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 1 (1975).
	page number: 	pp. 14-15, figs 5-6
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152570

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 14
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n34

	Turner, Evan H.<em> Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
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	James, T. G. H. <em>Howard Carter and the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	p. 76
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	James, T. G. H.<em> Howard Carter: The Path to Tutankhamun</em>. London: Kegan Paul International, 1992.
	page number: 	p. 185
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	"1992 Annual Report." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 80, no. 6 (1993): 215-95.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 247
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161418

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 532
	url:		

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