Bastet Statue Hermes_Greek_Myth Width: 20cm / 4 inches

Width: 20cm / 4 inches

Width: 23cm / 9 inches

The body would be mummified before it was placed into the sarcophagus

This statue makes a beautiful addition to any home

Also known as the Eye of Horus or the udjat

Bastet Statue Hermes_Greek_Myth Width: 20cm / 4 inchesHand crafted from basalt in Egypt 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 cemeteries of mummified cats