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Bastet Enthroned

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Accession: 48.468
Date: 1st century (Roman Imperial)
Date range: 1 CE – 100 CE
Materials: ['Egyptian faience']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Bastet Enthroned (48.468). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220631

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Description

<p>The cat-goddess Bastet could be depicted with the head of a lioness, adding an extra potency to her protection. The inscriptions indicate that this enthroned figure of the goddess was a New Year's gift, given to celebrate the beneficial annual flooding of the Nile River.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.468' rel='external'>Bastet Enthroned</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Bastet

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Walters-AccNum 48.468 tier-2
Walters-id 12694 tier-2

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