Head of a Cat with Amber EyesBronze head of a cat represents goddess Bastet or Bast with inlaid ambe
Head of a Cat with Amber EyesBronze head of a cat represents goddess Bastet or Bast with inlaid amber eyes and a golden scarab on its forehead, it was part of a cat-shaped sarcophagus for a cat mummy, as a sacrifice to the goddess Bastet.Late Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 600 BC. Now in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.Photo: Katherine Piper -- source link
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