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A bronze figure of Bastet
the cat-headed goddess, standing wearing a long embroidered dress, her left arm across her body carrying a basket and holding an aegis of Sekhmet in front, damaged right hand probably originally holding a sistrum, lower legs missing -- 3 3/8in. (8.7cm.) high, Late Period (712-332 B.C.)
the cat-headed goddess, standing wearing a long embroidered dress, her left arm across her body carrying a basket and holding an aegis of Sekhmet in front, damaged right hand probably originally holding a sistrum, lower legs missing -- 3 3/8in. (8.7cm.) high, Late Period (712-332 B.C.)