Alabaster Bastet Statue - Made in Egypt Mystery Box 5 inches / 31

5 inches / 31

Khonsu was instrumental in the creation of new life in all living creatures

Nubia by David Roberts

the cherished royal consort of Pharaoh Ramses II

Alabaster Bastet Statue - Made in Egypt Mystery Box 5 inches / 31Hand 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