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Cat on base inscribed for Bastet and an offerer, 664–30 BCE

Cat on base inscribed for Bastet and an offerer

664–30 BCE · Figurine, cat, on base

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Yes, on view now

Where is “Cat on base inscribed for Bastet and an offerer” now? The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gallery 130, New York. Yes, on view now. Checked September 29, 2026.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, United States

Room130

Closed· opens at 10:00 AM

On public display.

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Details

Accession number
04.2.476

What it shows

HieroglyphsCat

In the catalog

SculptureBefore 1400Late Period–Ptolemaic Period

Sources

In the same room · Gallery 130, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museum page
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