Bastet Statue - Made in Egypt

Bastet Statue - Made in EgyptBastet, also called Bast, ancient Egyptian goddess worshipped in the form of a lioness and later a cat. The daughter of Ra, the sun god, Bastet was an ancient deity whose ferocious nature was ameliorated after the domestication of the cat around 1500 BCE. She was native to Bubastis in the Nile River delta but also had an important cult at Memphis. In the Late and Ptolemaic periods large cemeteries of mummified cats were created at both sites, and

Dimensions: 16x13x27cm

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and surviving historical accounts are sometimes contradictory and may not always be reliable

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He was primarily worshipped as the god of the Nile River

often seen with the Djed and was symbols

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Base: 8x8cm / 3

She is depicted as a lioness

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