Menat of Taharqo: the King Being Nursed by the Lion-Headed Goddess Bastet
Object type: Menat, Taharqo nursed by the lion-headed goddess Bastet
Department: Egyptian Art
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 25 (Kushite)
Reign: reign of Taharqo
Date: 690–664 B.C.
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: H. 9.6 × W. 4.3 × Th. 0.9 cm (3 3/4 × 1 11/16 × 3/8 in.)
Geography: From|Possibly from  |  Egypt and Sudan Nubia 
Credit line: Bequest of W. Gedney Beatty, 1941
Accession year: 1941
Tags: Birds|Kings|Sekhmet|Snakes