Gilded bronze of Bastet, Dyn. 22
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This gilded bronze statuette represents Goddess Bastet of Bubastis, striding. She is shown with the body of a woman and the head of a lioness. She wears an elaborate triple collar dress woven in exquisitely patterned cloth, reminiscent of New Kingdom luxuries. Her figure from the back expresses a supreme elegance. She holds in her hands an Aegis with the head of the cow goddess Hathor, surmounted by the sun disc. On the top of the lioness-headed Bastet is inscribed the sign Ka. When this piece was acquired into the collection thirty years ago, the feet were missing. For illustrative purposes, we had them reconstructed in an obvious manner. Bubastis—literally the ‘house of Bastet’—had been the most important cult center for Bastet since the beginning of the Old Kingdom. At the turn of the last BC millennium, it became the stronghold of the founders of Dynasty 22 (945-712 BC), who were Egyptians of Libyan origin. |
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