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Date:Not Recorded

Description:A carved limestone figure, from Egypt.

It is of the Goddess Bastet and has green paint, which could be bronze gilding. Bastet is depicted in the form of a cat, but its forelegs are missing. Hieroglyphs can be seen carved onto the figure's base.

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Donor ref: LEAMG : M418.1919.4 (60/23268)

Source: Leamington Spa Art Gallery and Museum

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