Bastet Statue Wall Art Isis This statue is about history

This statue is about history

Depth: 20cm / 7

5x9 inches

the piece possesses a physical presence that belies its tabletop scale

and the renewal of life

Bastet Statue Wall Art Isis This statue is about historyBastet, 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