Face of the goddess Bat
The face represented here is often considered to be Bat, a bovine goddess known from about 3300 BCE. The small head may have come from a pendant of a type worn by high-status men and possibly the pharaoh. White inclusions in the blue stone resemble clouds in the sky, a visual link to Bat’s celestial realm.
Artwork Details
- Title: Face of the goddess Bat
- Period: Late New Kingdom–Third Intermediate Period
- Date: ca. 1100–664 BCE
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Lapis lazuli, gold, travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
- Dimensions: H. 1.2 × W. 1.4 × Th. 0.2 cm (1/2 × 9/16 × 1/16 in)
- Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 2012
- Object Number: 2012.178
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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