Bastet Mini Statue Sekhmet Statues Total Width: 11

Total Width: 11

Orunla has the knowledge of the ultimate destiny of each soul

The statue is constructed from cold cast bronze

Depth: 17cm / 6

protected the stomach of the deceased and was in turn protected by the goddess Neith

Bastet Mini Statue Sekhmet Statues Total Width: 11Bastet, 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