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Wooden Statue of a Cat with a Scarab Beetle between Its Ears
This is another object that was on display in the Divine Felines exhibition that was on in Brooklyn Museum when we visited in 2015.

It's a solid wooden cat statue, with a scarab beetle on top of its head, dating to the Ptolemaic or Roman Periods (so quite recent for an Ancient Egyptian object). Given it's solid, it can't be a mummy container so it was probably a temple offering.

The scarab beetle symbolises the morning sun, and the cat might be a representation of Bastet.

Jigsaw puzzles:
easier: https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=0e2a2ac4643b
harder: https://www.jigsawplanet.com/?rc=play&pid=0ee2368f2ede

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Ptolemaic Period - Roman Period, c.305 BCE - 1st Century CE.

Acc No.: 37.1945E (cat), 37.1157E (scarab)
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