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Bastet

Ancient Egyptian cat-headed goddess. Her cult centre was Bubastis (modern Tell Basta), the second-largest ancient site in the Nile delta after Tanis; it includes a large temple and a burial site for mummified cats.

From the New Kingdom, the cat (probably originally a lioness) was Bastet's special animal. Many bronze statuettes of the goddess show a cat-headed woman holding in her right hand a lion aegis (shield) and on her left arm a basket.
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Cult evokes prehistoric standing stone circles as well as hieratic Egyptian cat sculpture-in ancient Egypt, the cat goddess Bastet was the patroness of family happiness.
Marion Coutts. (Reviews: London) by Hall, James / Artforum International
Mindful of the imperial lineage of Cairo's felines, Chittock photographed tabbies posing next to plaster statuettes of the lion-headed goddess Sekhmet and the catheaded Bastet.
Cats of Cairo: Egypt's Enduring Legacy by Twair, Pat McDonnell / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Each urn is topped with an exquisite head that is an interpretation of figures from Egyptian mythology - the sloe-eyed cat-goddess Bastet and the dignified canine deity, Anubis.
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