Keywords: Egyptian - Cat Mummy - Walters 792.jpg Since the Late Period the Egyptians gave animal mummies as gifts to the gods These animals were bred near the temples The largest amount of cat mummies was gifted to the goddess Bastet at her ritual center Bubastis in the eastern Delta of Egypt Some cat mummies were exported to Europe in the 19th century for use as fertilizer This cat mummy was carefully wrapped in linen strips The x-ray of the mummy shows its neck intact with the forelegs pressed down against the body and hind legs folded together ca 400 200 BC Late Period-Greco-Roman mummified cat wrapped in linen cm 32 07 6 67 8 57 accession number 79 2 38882 Estate of Mrs Frances Eaton Weld date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Gift of the heirs of Mrs Frances Eaton Weld 1947 place of origin Bubastis in present-day Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Egyptian mummies of cats Egyptian mummies in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian linen |