Bat

A goddess of the seventh Upper Egyptian nome, usually represented by a cow's head with curling horns. The earliest depiction may have been the pair of heads at the top of the Narmer palette (c 3100 BC).

A slab, disk, or board of plaster, fired clay, asbestos, or other slightly porous material used to dry a wet clay body by absorbing moisture from it, as a support in shaping an object from the clay, or as a detachable wheel head. [batt]