Model tambourine with rosette border, Bastet on one side, her boat with naos on the other, ca. 1070–712

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Model tambourine with rosette border, Bastet on one side, her boat with naos on the other, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070–712 , From Egypt, Faience, h. 16 cm (6 5/16 in); w. cm (9 1/4 in), Faience model tambourines such as this one were festival offerings to Bastet, who, like the other great goddesses, is associated with the myth in which a daughter or quasi-daughter of the god Re had to be lured back to Egypt from self-imposed exile in Nubia

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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