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<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth,er), 37.1841Ea-b_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)
Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth,er), 37.1841Ea-b_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)
<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth,er), 37.1841Ea-b_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth,er), 37.1841Ea-b_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)

<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1841Ea-b_NegA_SL4.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1841Ea-b_NegA_SL4.jpg)

<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth,er), 37.1841Ea-b_detail_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth,er), 37.1841Ea-b_detail_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)

<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_wwgA-2.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_wwgA-2.jpg)

<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1841E_negGRP-A_bw_IMLS.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1841E_negGRP-A_bw_IMLS.jpg)

<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view1.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view1.jpg)

<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view2.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view2.jpg)

<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view3.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view3.jpg)

<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view4.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view4.jpg)

<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view5.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view5.jpg)

<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view6.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view6.jpg)

<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view7.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view7.jpg)

<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view8.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_view8.jpg)

<em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_mummychamber.jpg)

Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1841Ea-b_mummychamber.jpg)

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Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Mummies of animals, the most numerous type of artifact from ancient Egypt, number in the millions. The animals mummified represented a god or goddess, such as the cat belonging to the goddess Bastet or the ibis belonging to the god Thoth. Some animal mummies contained a papyrus with a request to the god written on it. Animals were mummified using the same techniques as with humans.
This text refers to these objects: 37.1841Ea; 37.1988E; 37.1991Ea-c
MEDIUM Limestone, pigment
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E.
    PERIOD Ptolemaic Period to early Roman Period
    DIMENSIONS 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm) 37 lb. (16.78kg)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 37.1841Ea
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Rectangular painted limestone coffin (a), missing lid.
    EXHIBITIONS
    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth,er), 37.1841Ea-b_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 37.1841Ea-b_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph (Gavin Ashworth, photographer), 2012
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    <em>Sarcophagus for a Cat Mummy</em>, 305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E. Limestone, pigment, 37.1841Ea (Coffin): 5 7/8 x 8 7/16 x 20 7/8 in. (15 x 21.5 x 53 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1841Ea. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth,er), 37.1841Ea-b_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)

    TAGS

    305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E.
    Animal Remains
    Bastet
    Cat
    Ceremonial
    Coffin
    contented goddess
    decorated
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    goddess
    limestone
    linen
    mummified
    Mummy
    Ptolemaic Period
    rectangular
    Roman Period
    sarcophagus
    small sarcophagus

    TAGS

    305 B.C.E.-1st century C.E.
    Animal Remains
    Bastet
    Cat
    Ceremonial
    Coffin
    contented goddess
    decorated
    Egypt
    Egyptian
    goddess
    limestone
    linen
    mummified
    Mummy
    Ptolemaic Period
    rectangular
    Roman Period
    sarcophagus
    small sarcophagus

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