Bastet Statue Francis of Assisi (This listing does not include

(This listing does not include display stand) Display stand sits firmly

wrapped in sacred bandages yet crowned with the majestic atef headdress

Dimensions: Height: 21

reflecting the opulence and grandeur of the New Kingdom

Bastet Statue Francis of Assisi (This listing does not includeBastet, 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