Alabaster Bastet Statue - Made in Egypt Greek_Goddess Double Cartouche Pendant with Ankh

Double Cartouche Pendant with Ankh and Scarab Crowned with the Atef Plumes

stripped of the modern need for frantic motion or unnecessary ornament

Alexander was born in Pella

5 inches / 27cm Tall

These river plants depict the marshes in which the animal lived

Alabaster Bastet Statue - Made in Egypt Greek_Goddess Double Cartouche Pendant with AnkhHand carved Egyptian Alabaster Cat Goddess Bastet statue. Bastet, 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