Title: Ichneumon on a base with small cats, inscribed beneath base with the name of Padineith son of Isekhebi
Object type: Amulet, Ichneumon
Date: 664–30 B.C.
Period: Late Period or Ptolemaic Period
Medium: Cupreous metal
Dimensions: H. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); L. 12.3 cm (4 13/16 in.)
Credit line: Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904
Geography: From    Egypt      
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals