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title: Bastet
author: Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4528/bastet/
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updated: 2024-07-22
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# Bastet
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## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/4528.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/) figure of Bastet from the [Late Period of Ancient Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/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.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museum, T. o. t. B. (2016, February 02). Bastet. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museum, Trustees of the British. "Bastet." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 02, 2016. .
### MLA
Museum, Trustees of the British. "Bastet." *World History Encyclopedia*, 02 Feb 2016, .
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