Bastet Clock

Bastet ClockDimensions: Height: 17cm 6. 7 inches Base: 11x4cm 4. 3x1. 5 inches Bastet, also called Bast, ancient Egyptian goddess worshipped in the form of a lioness and later a cat. The daughter of Ra, the sun god, Bastet was an ancient deity whose ferocious nature was ameliorated after the domestication of the cat around 1500 BCE. She was native to Bubastis in the Nile River delta but also had an important cult at Memphis. In the Late and Ptolemaic periods

collect the whole set of four

These attendants were not merely background noise

they evoke the protective spells inscribed on tomb walls to ensure safe passage through the underworld

he was co-regent with his stepmother and aunt

If we take the number of fingers(10) and multiply it by 12 (8 Horus

Finish: Burnished Bronze

Different forms of Horus are recorded in history and these are treated as distinct gods by Egyptologists

presenting a Pharaoh flanked by his attendants in a composition that refuses to apologize for its own rigidity

remaining largely unimpressed by the cyclical nature of human folly

Base: 11x4cm / 4

as well as an exceptional price difference

8 inches wide