Bastet Mini Statue Egyptian God Horus papyrus has been used as

papyrus has been used as a paper for over 4500 years

highlighting the alert posture of a predator that is also a protector

Dimensions: 11

Since 1856

The body is engraved with lotuses

Bastet Mini Statue Egyptian God Horus papyrus has been used asBastet, 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