Bastet Statue Goddess_Brigid The object received the find

The object received the find number of 8 and today is displayed with the inventory number JE 60723 in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

human gesture that makes the divine subject matter feel surprisingly approachable

It is finished with brilliant gold and coloured enamel

Eluggua) represents the beginning and end of life and the opening and closing of paths in life

Dechainee by Melaine Delon

Bastet Statue Goddess_Brigid The object received the findHand 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