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<em>Amulet of a Cat with Kitten</em>, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.102_view2.jpg)
Amulet of a Cat with Kitten, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.102_view2.jpg)
<em>Amulet of a Cat with Kitten</em>, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.102_view2.jpg)

Amulet of a Cat with Kitten, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.102_view2.jpg)

<em>Amulet of a Cat with Kitten</em>, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.102_view3.jpg)

Amulet of a Cat with Kitten, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.102_view3.jpg)

<em>Amulet of a Cat with Kitten</em>, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.102_view1.jpg)

Amulet of a Cat with Kitten, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.102_view1.jpg)

<em>Amulet of a Cat with Kitten</em>, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 08.480.102_profile1_PS9.jpg)

Amulet of a Cat with Kitten, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 08.480.102_profile1_PS9.jpg)

<em>Amulet of a Cat with Kitten</em>, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 08.480.102_profile2_PS9.jpg)

Amulet of a Cat with Kitten, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 08.480.102_profile2_PS9.jpg)

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Amulet of a Cat with Kitten

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Faience
  • Place Collected: Akhmim, Egypt
    • DATES ca. 1075–30 B.C.E.
    PERIOD Third Intermediate Period or later
    DIMENSIONS 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 08.480.102
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Gray-blue faience figure of lion (or lioness?) seated on his haunches. Facing front, cat (?) between its front paws. Oblong base, section between front paws and body open. Loop joins back of head to body. Condition: Good. Base slightly chipped. Faience of fine quality.
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    CAPTION Amulet of a Cat with Kitten, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.102_view2.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.08.480.102_view2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2014
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    <em>Amulet of a Cat with Kitten</em>, ca. 1075–30 B.C.E. Faience, 1 x 11/16 in. (2.5 x 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.102. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.102_view2.jpg)

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