figure;
ceremonial staff(?);
fitting(?)
- Museum number
- EA24405
- Description
-
Turquoise glazed composition figure of a crouching cat, ears and front paw broken, on a rectangular base, with dark blue painted details, perhaps a staff fitting.
- Dimensions
-
Height: 3.37 centimetres (max)
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Thickness: 5.93 centimetres (max)
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Width: 2.31 centimetres (max)
- Curator's comments
- Published:
Parkinson, Cracking Codes, 1999, fig 28.
Malek, The Cat in Ancient Egypt, 1993, p.53.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- good (incomplete)
- Acquisition date
- 1891
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA24405
- Registration number
- 1891,0404.3