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New Kingdom
The cats on this bracelet are similar to elements of royal jewelry dating to the beginning of Dynasty 18. The animal was sacred to the goddess Bastet, the benign counterpart of Sakhmet who incorporated the fierceness of a lioness.
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Title: Cuff Bracelets Decorated with Cats
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Wadi Gabbanat el-Qurud, Wadi D, Tomb of the Three Foreign Wives of Thutmose III
Medium: Gold, carnelian, lapis-lazuli, turquoise glass
Dimensions: L. 16.8 cm (6 5/8 in); W. 5.1 cm (2 in); Th. 2.2 cm (7/8 in); Cat Spacer: D. 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.); W. 2.9 cm ( 1 1/8in.); Barrels L. 0.6-0.9 cm
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1919–1922; Rogers Fund, 1922; Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1988 (1988.17i)
Object Number: 26.8.121a
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