Feline above Falcon Heads in the Brooklyn Museum, July 2010

Title: The Goddess Mafdet (?)

Date: 3rd century B.C.E.

Period: Ptolemaic Period

Geography: Place made: Mendes, Egypt

Medium: Limestone

Classification: Sculpture

Dimensions: 11 x 16 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (28 x 41 x 9.5 cm)

Credit Line: Gift of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization

Accession Number: 80.7.7


Object Label

This fragmentary relief was excavated in the debris over and around a tenlple of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty (664–525 B.C.). However, its precise date, nature, and subject matter are uncertain. The female feline with lotus flower may be related to Hathor or some other goddess, and the falcon heads below her are possibly celestial symbols.

Caption

The Goddess Mafdet (?), 3rd century B.C.E.. Limestone, 11 x 16 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (28 x 41 x 9.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization, 80.7.7.


Text from: www.brooklynmuseum.org/objects/3882