THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 22ND DYNASTY, 945-715 B.C.

For a nearly identical figure of Bastet but for the face, which was overlaid in bronze, see the example in the British Museum, no. 62 in J. Malek, The Cat in Ancient Egypt. The figure presented here has an inscription on the back of the throne reading: "Recitation by Bastet, Lady of Heaven, may she live!"