Alabaster Bastet Statue - Made in Egypt Norse Myth where the sacred bull was

where the sacred bull was led through the welcoming crowd

Finish: Matte black with hand-painted gold-tone detailing

space was a luxury reserved for the elite

Height: 12 inches / 30 cmWeight: 5

protection or wrath

Alabaster Bastet Statue - Made in Egypt Norse Myth where the sacred bull wasHand 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