手持盾牌和篮子的堡垒 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	手持盾牌和篮子的堡垒
品名（英）	Bastet holding aegis and basket
入馆年号	2021年，2021.41.1
策展部门	埃及艺术（Egyptian Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 664 - 公元前 30
创作地区	来自于: 埃及（From: Egypt）
分类
尺寸	高 11 × 宽 3.8 × 深 2.7 厘米 (4 5/16 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/16 英寸)
介绍（中）	巴斯特女神是一位强大的保护者，也以其生育能力而闻名。她可以戴着母狮头，强调她凶猛的保护本性，也可以像这里一样戴着猫头，强调她的平和性格这个数字包含了巴斯特的许多典型特征。她穿着一件条纹连衣裙，上面有复杂的人字形图案，有些人认为这是近东风格，而不是埃及风格；这里的红色和白色痕迹表明它曾经是明亮的颜色。她右手拿着一个徽章——一个保护性的项圈，上面有一个狮子头和太阳盘，太阳盘指的是她神话中的父亲太阳神Re。她还拿着一只篮子，一些学者认为篮子里会装小猫，这突出了巴斯特作为一个仁慈和养育母亲的角色。这方面没有明确的证据，尽管其他这类例子可以显示女神面前有小猫。她的右臂不见了，但根据类似的例子，她可能持有剑指（邪教拨浪鼓）。她的右耳上有一个洞，很可能装着一只耳环 Bastet的主要崇拜中心位于三角洲的Bubastis，在那里发现了数千具猫木乃伊和许多猫雕像。她的崇拜也远远超出了这个地方，这位女神的雕像是晚期和托勒密时期最受欢迎的献礼之一。
介绍（英）	The goddess Bastet was a powerful protector also known for her fertility. She can be shown with either a lioness head, emphasizing her fierce protective nature, or, as here, with a cat head, emphasizing her peaceful traits. This figure incorporates many of Bastet's typical attributes. She wears a striped dress elaborated with a complex herringbone pattern that some consider Near Eastern rather than Egyptian in style; traces of red and white here suggest that it would once have been brightly colored. In her right hand she holds an aegis—a protective collar, topped with a lion(ness)-head, and sun disk that refers to her mythological father, the sun god Re. She also holds a basket, which some scholars have suggeted would have held kittens, underscoring Bastet’s role as a benevolent and nurturing mother. There is no clear evidence for this, although other examples of this type can show the goddess with kittens in front of her. Her proper right arm is missing, but based on similar examples, she might have held a sistrum (cultic rattle). In her right ear is a hole that likely held an earring. Bastet’s main cult center was at Bubastis in the Delta, where thousands of cat mummies and many cat statuettes have been discovered. Her cult also extended far beyond this site, and statuettes of this goddess were among some of the most popular dedications of the Late and Ptolemaic Periods.