Counterweight of a <em>menit</em> necklace with an image of Bastet nursing King Taharqo

Date

ca. 690–664 BCE

Type

Menat, Taharqo nursed by the lion-headed goddess Bastet

Medium

Faience

Department

Egyptian Art

Institution

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Object number

41.160.104

Credit

Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941