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Scarab with Cat and Title of Shepenwepet   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Anonymous (Egypt)Unknown author
Title
Scarab with Cat and Title of Shepenwepet
Description
English: This scaraboid faience amulet is inscribed on the bottom with the name and title of the divine consort Shepenwepet. The top is carved with the three-dimensional representation of a cat facing the right with the head turned to the front. The workmanship is a little rough, but detailed.

This piece functioned as an individualized amulet of the Divine Consort Shepenwepet II, and was originally mounted or threaded. The image of a cat with kittens conveys the idea of fertility, renewal, and protection, and the name of Shepenwepet the individualization. The amulet should secure the divine status, royal authority of the "Divine Consort," as well as her presence and renewal. It is possible that the amulet was created for the personal use of Shepenwepet, but it is also likely that it was given to a private person to guarantee her patronage.

The identification of the lying animal as a cat is possible by posture, content and comparision, but the round shapes of the ears are a little uncommon and seem more canine. Nevertheless, the attitude of the animal, and the context make identification as cat most likely.
Date between circa 700 and circa 656 BC (Third Intermediate-Late Period)
Medium light beige faience with green-blue glaze
Dimensions length: 1.8 cm (0.7 in); height: 0.9 cm (0.3 in); width: 1.4 cm (0.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2043,1.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2048,0.9U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,1.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
42.48
Place of creation Thebes (present-day Luxor, Egypt) (?)
Object history
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters
Inscriptions [Translation] Name with cartouche and titles of the Divine Consort of Amun: Shepenwepet: Divine consort, divine worshipper: / Shep-en-wepet.
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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