LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Bastet

Ivory Aegis of the Egyptian Goddess Bastet in the…

03 Sep 2010 590
Title: "Aegis" of Egyptian goddess Bastet Period: Neo-Assyrian Date: 9th-8th Century BC Geography: Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) Medium: Ivory Dimensions: 2.09 x 1.89 x 0.94 in. (5.31 x 4.8 x 2.39 cm) Classification: Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, Inscribed Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962 Accession Number: 62.269.10 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien... Excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Fort Shalmaneser, Room SW 12 Phoenician Style Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.