Gallery of antiquities, selected from the British Museum . W ..CS^ttJii^-^ JA/s S I D L E LG VATI O N , , d/^ mm IB A g T [I PASHT (BUBASTES). 17 Fig. 21 is a small statue in a stone, wliicli has been burnt, at present of a reddish hue onthe exterior. It represents Pasht seated upon a tlirone based upon four captives ; tlie headsof two, one Asiatic the other African, and the feet of another, appear in front. On herhead is a hole, into which the pin of the part holding the disk or j)lumes has been hands hold no emblems. This representation is cpiite in accordance wit
Gallery of antiquities, selected from the British Museum . W ..CS^ttJii^-^ JA/s S I D L E LG VATI O N , , d/^ mm IB A g T [I PASHT (BUBASTES). 17 Fig. 21 is a small statue in a stone, wliicli has been burnt, at present of a reddish hue onthe exterior. It represents Pasht seated upon a tlirone based upon four captives ; tlie headsof two, one Asiatic the other African, and the feet of another, appear in front. On herhead is a hole, into which the pin of the part holding the disk or j)lumes has been hands hold no emblems. This representation is cpiite in accordance with the spiritof representing the vanquished lying under the feet of the monarcli, tlie white and blackraces bound hand and foot under the sandals of mummies, or thrown in this condition intothe regions of the reprobate in the Amenti. Among the principal Asiatics thus placed maybe the Polosto or Philistines, the Sharo or Syrians ; and among the Nuliian tribes, Phut orLibya, Koush or Ethiopia, and Nub or Nubia. The present probably re})resents Pasht, whowas the Diana of the Eg
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