ID: 901002540 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002540	Record Type: Character/Person

	Bat (Egyptian deity)

Note: Goddess associated with the cow in early Egyptian mythology, depicted as a human female having cow ears and horns. By the time of the Middle Kingdom, her identity and attributes were subsumed within those of the goddess Hathor.

Names:

	Bat (Egyptian deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Egyptian iconography> (P)
		........<Egyptian characters> (P)
		............Bat (Egyptian deity) (I)

Related Iconography:

	associated with .... Hathor
	..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Egyptian iconography, Egyptian characters, Hathor (Egyptian deity)) [901001394]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Egyptian (culture)
	.....(Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	takes the form of .... cow (mammal)
	.....(mammals by sex or age, Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Bat (Egyptian deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2019114576
	................BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Hart, George, Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (2005)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_(goddess)#/media/File:Bat_-_Hathor_emblem_from_a_sistrum_MET_DP311613_(cropped).jpg