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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Wadjet-Bastet
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.

Wadjet-Bastet

Artist Unknown
CultureEgyptian
DateLate Period, Dynasty 26, 656-525 B.C.E.
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/4 in. (18.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2217.15
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 109
Label TextWadjet-Bastet Late Period, 656–525 B.C.E. Bronze Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2217.15 Regional deities occasionally merged during ancient Egypt’s 3,000-year history. This hybrid statue combines aspects of Wadjet, the patron goddess of Lower Egypt who appears as a rearing serpent, with Bastet, the cat-headed goddess who protected against diseases and evil spirits. Bastet herself had transformed after the pharaohs of the Middle Kingdom unified Egypt. Once a fierce warrior goddess, Bastet’s lion-like features softened into those of a domestic cat, and she became known as a guardian of home and hearth. Exhibition History"The Allure of Ancient Egypt," Selden Arcade, Norfolk, VA, June 18 - August 17, 2013.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Lioness Goddess
Dynasty 25, ca. 736-333 B.C.
New photography by Pat Cagney with a digital camera.
Unknown
Sekhmet
Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, 1390-1353 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Wall fragment
Ptolemaic Period, 170-116 B.C.E.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.
Unknown
Statuette of Amun
3rd Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21-22, 1069-715 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Sarcophagus of Psamtik-Seneb
Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664-525 B.C.E.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.
Unknown
Lioness-goddess with winged jackal
Late Period, 730-333 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Female figurine
No Date
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Tomb Lintel of Ihii
Late Dynasty 5-early Dynasty 6, reigns of Unas or Pepy I, 2375-2287 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Faïence Amulet
ca. 736 - 333 B.C.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.
Unknown
Taueret (goddess of childbirth)
Late Period, ca. 730-332 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Relief of a cow
No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
Wall fragment
Dynasty 19, reign of Ramses II, ca. 1279-1212 B.C.
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