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Egyptian Museum Reproductions #2

Egyptian Cat Bastet
Egyptian Cat Bastet
Item# E-27
$179.00

Product Description

The first reference to the domestic cat appears in the eleventh dynasty. Because it was hostile to snakes, it became a sacred animal to the Sun God. In the new kingdom, the male cat was regarded as an incarnation of the Sun God and the female cat was equated with the solar eye.

Material: Casting Stone

Finish: Bronze

Egyptian: British Museum, London, Dynasty XIX, 1200BC

Size: 15"H