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<p>Exclusive to the British Museum; a souvenir coin based on the Gayer Anderson cat, a wealthy worshipper of the Egyptian goddess Bastet during the Saite Period, about 600 BC.</p>
<p>In ancient Egypt, it was believed that most deities were able to take the form of a sacred animal in order to appear on earth. Not all members of a species were considered sacred; only those lucky enough to be chosen to live in a temple as the gods representative were revered.</p>
<p>View the original <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=153429&partId=1&searchText=gayer+anderson+cat&page=1">here.</a></p>
<p>The façade of the Museum and the British Museum logo is on the reverse side of the coin. A display plastic case is included.</p>
Exclusive to the British Museum; a souvenir coin featuring an image of the famous Gayer-Anderson Cat.
The façade of the Museum and the British Museum logo are on the reverse side, and the coin is presented in a plastic display case.
The original sculpture is a bronze cat figure from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. The cat represents the goddess Bastet, and is named after Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson who donated the cat to the British Museum in 1939.
A charming souvenir of the Museum.
Product Code: CMCR57930
Product Weight: 0.04Kg
Theme: Ancient Egypt
T.P: 2.07
Dimensions: H4.5 x W0.7 x L4.5cm
Material: Metal
Postage Weight: 0.04 Kg
<p>Exclusive to the British Museum; a souvenir coin based on the Gayer Anderson cat, a wealthy worshipper of the Egyptian goddess Bastet during the Saite Period, about 600 BC.</p>
<p>In ancient Egypt, it was believed that most deities were able to take the form of a sacred animal in order to appear on earth. Not all members of a species were considered sacred; only those lucky enough to be chosen to live in a temple as the gods representative were revered.</p>
<p>View the original <a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=153429&partId=1&searchText=gayer+anderson+cat&page=1">here.</a></p>
<p>The façade of the Museum and the British Museum logo is on the reverse side of the coin. A display plastic case is included.</p>
Exclusive to the British Museum; a souvenir coin featuring an image of the famous Gayer-Anderson Cat.
The façade of the Museum and the British Museum logo are on the reverse side, and the coin is presented in a plastic display case.
The original sculpture is a bronze cat figure from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. The cat represents the goddess Bastet, and is named after Major Robert Grenville Gayer-Anderson who donated the cat to the British Museum in 1939.
