Menat counterpoise for attachment to the missing aegis of a goddess. Dimensions: H. 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.); W. 9.7 cm (3 13/16 in.); D. 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.). Dynasty: Dynasty 22-26. Date: ca. 800-525 B.C..The upper part of this menat depicts an elaborate light shrine with a goddess inside in precious metal inlay. Two small columns formed from Hathor emblem capitals above an open lotus and papyrus-bundle half-column support the roof. Its cornice is emblazoned with a winged sun-disk, and above a frontal Hathor emblem and two seated cats may be seen. The goddess beneath the shrine is labeled "the god's mother" and described as "residing in Sedjem()." Her sistrum-box crown, unusually here with plant decoration, indicates she is Nebethetepet, associated with Hathor and a kind of personification of the original creative act performed by the god Atum. On the roundel of the menat the falcon Horus may be seen among in a clump of papyrus in the marshes where he was hidden by his mother, Isis and so