Keywords: Egyptian - Statuette of Bastet Enthroned - Walters 48468 (2).jpg The cat-goddess Bastet could be depicted with the head of a lioness adding an extra potency to her protection The inscriptions indicate that this enthroned figure of the goddess was a New Year's gift given to celebrate the beneficial annual flooding of the Nile River century 1 Roman Egyptian faience cm 25 7 accession number 48 468 12694 Dikran Kelekian Paris and New York Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 place of origin Egypt <gallery> File Egyptian - Statuette of Bastet Enthroned - Walters 48468 jpg </gallery> Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statuettes in the Walters Art Museum Statues of Bastet Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |