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Complete copper adze. Cross-section is rectangular. Cutting edge is straight and sharp with a slight bevel. There is a bend in the adze about halfway. There is a horizontal groove in the surface of the back of the adze towards the proximal end of the adze.

Axe

Antiquities

E28.30

Stylus

Antiquities

E26.66

Chisel, Mortise

World

D42.417

Chisel, Mortise

Antiquities

D42.418

Figure, Animal

Antiquities

D42.432

The goddess Bastet, part cat and part woman was the daughter of Re, the sun-god. She represented the power of the sun to ripen crops. Cats were sacred to Bastet and many bronze cats were dedicated to her at her temple on the Nile delta. The chief seat of her worship was at Bustatie, the modern Tell Basta