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Mummy of a cat, from Abydos, Upper Egypt Roman period, perhaps 1st century. Animals associated with deities were redularly mummified in later periods. The main concentration of cat burials was at sites with an association with a feline deity.It seems likely that a cult was made periodically in the temple catteries to provide subjects for mummification and sale to the pious. The purchase and burial of an animal mummy in a specially designed catacomb was seen as a pious act towards the deity represented by the animal. EA, 37348.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART187666
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2643px × 4000px
Photo Credit
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
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1st century CE
Cat
Egyptian, Roman (30 BCE-642 CE)
Mummy
Offering
Sacrifice