List of Illustrations
All illustrations are the author’s own drawings from A Cat Out of Egypt. Most appear as chapter headings. Each sketch portrays an ancient Egyptian artifact, which is listed beside its sketch. You can see that there are definite styles common to different places and times, as well as great variation in the artistic quality of the artifacts. Click on the thumbnails for a larger view.
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Title Page: Pet cat eating fish under a chair, painting from the tomb of Nakhts. Dated 1400 BCE (2nd Intermediate Period),
Prologue: Standing Bast/Bastet figure. Dated 664-30 BCE (Late-Ptolemaic Periods).
Chapter 1: Papyrus of Hunefer, painting of Ra as a cat killing the demon Apophis with a knife. Dated 1300 BCE (New Kingdom), Thebes.
Chapter 2: Glazed Terracotta statue of a cat. Dated 304-30 BCE (Ptolemaic Period).
Chapter 3: Mummified cat. Dated 664-30 BCE (Late-Ptolemaic Periods).
Chapter 4: Bronze votive figure of a cat with kittens, dedicated to Bastet. Dated 664-30 BCE (Late-Ptolemaic Periods), Saqqara.
Chapter 5: Cat in the marshes, taken from Howard Carter’s copy of a painting in the tomb of Khnumhotep II. Dated 1900 BCE (Middle Kingdom), Beni Hassan.
Chapter 6: Bronze votive statue of a cat. Dated 664-30 BCE (Late- Ptolemaic Periods).
Chapter 7: Faience kitten. Dated 1070-664 BCE (3rd Intermediate Period), Heliopolis.
Chapter 8: Carved funerary figure of a cat. Dated 664-525 BCE (Late Period).
Chapter 9: Detail of a cat from the hunting scene in the tomb of Nebamun. Dated 1400-1350 BCE (2nd Intermediate Period), Thebes.
Chapter 10: Temple relief of lion-headed Sekhmet giving life to Pharaoh Seti I in his journey to the afterlife. Dated 13th C BCE (New Kingdom), Abydos.
Chapter 11: Bronze votive statue of a cat. Dated 664-30 (Late-Ptolemaic Periods).
Chapter 12: Terracotta figure of a cat. Dated 664-30 BCE (Late-Ptolemaic Periods).
Chapter 13: Very odd painting of a pet cat from the tomb of Ipuy. Dated 1295-1213 BCE (New Kingdom), Thebes. (This is the only drawing that altered the appearance of the original–it looked like a wild boar! Click here to see the original painting.)
Chapter 14: Relief carving of a lion in the temple of Isis at Philae. Dated 370 BCE-305 CE (Late-Roman Periods).
Chapter 15: Gilded wooden mummy case for a cat. Dated 664-332 BCE (Late Period).
Chapter 16: Bronze sarcophagus for a cat. Dated 664-30 BCE (Late-Ptolemaic Periods).
Chapter 17: Bronze votive figure of a cat, known as the Gayer-Anderson cat. Dated 600 BCE (Late Period), Saqqara.
Chapter 18: Carved figure of a cat, collection of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities. Details unavailable.
Chapter 19: Pet cat bathing under a chair, from the tomb of May. Dated 1479-1425 BCE (New Kingdom), Thebes.
Chapter 20: Stone cat amulet. Dated 664-30 BCE (Late-Ptolemaic Periods).
Chapter 21: Ra as cat killing the demon Apophis, from the tomb of Sennedjem. Dated 1295-1213 BCE (New Kingdom), Thebes. In the original the raised paw holds a knife, like the drawing for Chapter 1.
Chapter 22: Cat stalking birds, from the tomb of Menna. Dated 1479-1425 BCE (New Kingdom), Thebes.
Chapter 23: Limestone statue of crouching cat, from Queen Berenike II’s temple to Bastet. Dated 246-221 BCE (Ptolemaic Period),
Chapter 24: Carved votive figure of a cat. Dated 664-30 BCE (Late-Ptolemaic Periods).
Chapter 25: Tomb painting of a fable of a cat guarding geese. Dated 1120 BCE (New Kingdom), Thebes.
Chapter 26: Carved cat as an alabaster cosmetics jar—earliest known 3-D cat in Egyptian art. Dated 1991-1783 BCE (Middle Kingdom).
Chapter 27: Carved tomb relief of a pet cat under a chair. Dated 1450 BCE (New Kingdom), Thebes.
Chapter 28: Bronze container for a mummified cat. Dated 664-30 BCE (Late- Ptolemaic Periods).
Chapter 29: Bronze votive figure of a pregnant cat. Dated 664-30 BCE (Late- Ptolemaic Periods).
Epilogue: Bronze votive statue of cat with kittens, dedicated to Bastet. Dated 664-30 BCE (Late-Ptolemaic Periods).
Chapter endings: Giza pyramids.
Text divisions: Egyptian hieroglyph for cat.