A bronze figure of Bastet
the cat-headed goddess standing, wearing a long garment with incised ornamentation, holding a sistrum in her right hand, an aegis in her left, with a basket hanging from her left arm, mounted -- 5 5/8in. (14.3cm.) high, Dynasty XXVI-XXX (664-343 B.C.)
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