The Musee du Louvre's own collection database record for "Bastet sur pilier" (Bastet on a pillar), a Late Period copper alloy statuette, inventory number E 4257, acquired in November 1864 from collector Pacifique Henri Delaporte. The record gives a height of 14.9 centimeters, the Late Period date range of 664 to 332 BCE, a dedicatory hieroglyphic inscription naming Ankhhor as dedicatee and Horsaiset as his father, and its current location in the Sully Wing, Room 643, Display Case 21.
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The holding museum's own catalogue record for an object in its permanent collection, giving inventory number, acquisition history, material, dimensions and inscription, independently corroborated by a Wikidata item reproducing the same inventory number, room and case location. Citation
PublisherMusee du Louvre
URLhttps://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010009409
Source TypeMuseum
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This source names Bastet directly: "own collection database record for "Bastet sur pilier" (Bastet on a pillar), a Late Period copper alloy statuette, inventory number E 4257, acquired in November 1864 from collector Pacifique Henri..."
Source Bastet on Pillar E 4257, Museum Record (Musee du Louvre)
Claims Backed By This Source (14 claims)
This source backs 14 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 3 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Sacred Art & Iconography, 8 claims: 5 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 holds.
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