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品名（中）	小雕像
品名（英）	Bastet statuette
入馆年号	1958年，58.67
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 7.9 厘米 (3 1/8 英寸); 宽 2.2 厘米 (7/8 英寸); 深 2.1 厘米 (13/16 英寸) 高 (with tang): 8.5 厘米 (3 3/8 英寸)
介绍（中）	巴斯特在这里表现为一个猫头女神，是一个强大的保护性人物，她也以生育能力而闻名。她也可以用狮子头来表现，但作为一个猫头女神，她的和平特质被强调了。她的个人装饰和服装都是在小雕像上精心制作的，通常比其他女神更为精致，而且她通常具有许多特征。这个人物在肘部的弯曲处拿着一个绑着的篮子，一个保护性的狮头盾靠在胸前，另一只手拿着一块剑突。有人认为篮子里装着小猫似乎是没有根据的，但这类雕像有时会显示女神面前有小猫，暗示她的生育能力。她的连衣裙有一条带条纹的鲱鱼骨图案，下摆有一定的轮廓。巴斯特并不总是穿着装饰的衣服，但这对她来说比其他女神更常见。图案突出了其复杂性和质量；此外，正如一些人所说，垂直条纹可能会让人想起猫身上的条纹皮毛 Bastet的主要崇拜中心位于三角洲的Bubastis，在那里发现了数以千计的猫木乃伊和大量的猫雕像。然而，她的崇拜远远超出了布巴斯蒂斯，而这位女神的雕像，如猫或猫头，是晚期和托勒密时期最受欢迎的献礼之一。
介绍（英）	Bastet, here shown as a cat-headed goddess, was a powerful protective figure who also was known for her fertility. She could be represented with a lion head as well, but as a cat-headed goddess her peaceful traits were emphasized. Her personal adornments and garments are elaborate on statuettes, often more so than other goddesses, and she usually carries numerous attributes. This figure holds a banded basket in the crook of her elbow, a protective lion-headed aegis against her chest and a sistrum in her other hand. A suggestion that the basket held kittens seems unfounded, but statuettes of this type do sometimes show the goddess with kittens in front of her, alluding to her fertility. Her dress has a striped herring bone pattern with a defined hem. Bastet does not always wear a decorated dress, but it is much more common for her than for other goddesses. The patterning highlights its intricacy and quality; also, as some have suggested, the vertical banding may recall the striped fur of a cat. Bastet’s main cult center was at Bubastis in the Delta, where thousands of cat mummies and a large number of cat statuettes were discovered. Her cult extended far beyond Bubastis, however, and statuettes of this goddess, as a cat or cat-headed, were among some of the most popular dedications of the Late and Ptolemaic Periods.