Bastet Statue Cleo Dimensions: 18x25

Dimensions: 18x25

Hand-carved Egyptian Alabaster Cleopatra Lounging statue

paving the way for the imperial system

- Expertly packaged to ensure safe transit

6 inchesDepth: 4cm / 1

Bastet Statue Cleo Dimensions: 18x25Bastet, 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 were created at both sites, and