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Bastet
(14th century B.C.) - National Museum, Cairo |
12-1/4" H -- Bonded Stone with finish as shown
$68 (less Internet discount of $20) = $48
(freight $9)
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The cat headed goddess was the goddess of pleasure. Cats were
as sacred as Bastet, a symbol of animal passion. Her temple kept
sacred cats, which were supposed to be reincarnations of the
goddess. After they die, they were mummified. She appears as
a woman with the head of a cat, sometimes holding a sistrum or
a rattle. The town of Bubastis was the cult center of this solar
goddess sometimes represented simply as a cat. |
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