Model tambourine with rosette border, Bastet on one side, her boat with naos on the other, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1070–712 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, h. 16 cm (6 5/16 in); w. 23.5 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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Model tambourine, rosette border, Bastet, side, boat, naos, Third Intermediate Period, ca, 1070–712 B.C, Egypt, Faience, h, 16 cm, 6 5/16, w, 23.5, 9 1/4, Faience model, tambourines, festival offerings, great goddesses, associated, myth, daughter, quasi-daughter, god Re, lured back, self-imposed exile, Nubia
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