Bastet

Illustration

Ibolya Horváth
by Trustees of the British Museum
published on 02 February 2016
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Bronze figure of Bastet from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. Bastet, represented as a cat or a woman with a cat's head, was adored as goddess of fertility, festivity and intoxication.

The British Museum, London.

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