Bastet Statue - Made in Egypt Color:White and his symbolism has endured

and his symbolism has endured for thousands of years

cameo carvings and glass

Height: 14

1 inchesWidth: 13cm / 5

Bastet Statue - Made in Egypt Color:White and his symbolism has enduredBastet, 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