A Fine Ancient Egyptian Small Bronze Figure of Bastet, the Cat Goddess
A Fine Ancient Egyptian Small Bronze Figure of Bastet, the Cat Goddess
Late Period 713 – 332 BC
Size : 4.5 cm high – 1¾ ins high
Late Period 713 – 332 BC
Size : 4.5 cm high – 1¾ ins high
Bastet was the protectress of the house and the daughter of the Sun God and was particularly popular as a votive image.
In ancient Egypt cats were important both as domestic pets and as the symbol of the Goddess, their bodies often being elaborately mummified. The earliest remains of a cat were found in a tomb at the Pre-dynastic site of Mostagedda suggesting that the Egyptians were already keeping cats as pets in the late 4th millennium BC.
In ancient Egypt cats were important both as domestic pets and as the symbol of the Goddess, their bodies often being elaborately mummified. The earliest remains of a cat were found in a tomb at the Pre-dynastic site of Mostagedda suggesting that the Egyptians were already keeping cats as pets in the late 4th millennium BC.
A Fine Ancient Egyptian Small Bronze Figure of Bastet, the Cat Goddess
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