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Illustration

Ibolya Horváth
by Trustees of the British Museum
published on 02 February 2016
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Bronze figure of Bastet from the Late Period of Ancient Egypt. Bastet, represented as a cat or a woman with a cat's head, was adored as goddess of fertility, festivity and intoxication.

The British Museum, London.

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Museum, T. o. t. B. (2016, February 02). Bastet. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4528/bastet/

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Museum, Trustees of the British. "Bastet." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified February 02, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4528/bastet/.

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Museum, Trustees of the British. "Bastet." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 02 Feb 2016. Web. 26 Dec 2024.

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