ID: 901001631 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001631	Record Type: Character/Person

	Bastet (Egyptian diety)

Note: Ancient Egyptian goddess in the form of a cat or a woman with a cat's head. Bastet’s main cult center was at Bubastis in the Delta, where thousands of cat mummies and a large number of cat statuettes were discovered. Her cult extended far beyond Bubastis, however, and statuettes of this goddess, as a cat or cat-headed, were among some of the most popular dedications of the Late and Ptolemaic Periods. She is the protector of pregnant women and the patroness of music and the arts. Bastet was originally a lioness warrior goddess of the sun; later became the cat goddess associated with domestic cats.

Display Date: very ancient deity

Names:

	Bastet (Egyptian diety) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Bast (Egyptian diety) (English,U,N)
	Baast (Egyptian diety) (English,U,N)
	Ubaste (Egyptian diety) (English,U,N)
	Baset (Egyptian diety) (English)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Egyptian iconography> (P)
		........<Egyptian characters> (P)
		............Bastet (Egyptian diety) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient Egyptian religion
	.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	takes the form of .... domestic cat (species)
	.....(Felis (genus), Felidae (family), Carnivora (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	takes the form of .... lion (species)
	.....(Panthera (genus), Felidae (family), Carnivora (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Bastet (Egyptian diety)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Bastet," accessed 31 October 2016
	Bast (Egyptian diety)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 00001802
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Bastet," accessed 31 October 2016
	Baast (Egyptian diety)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Ubaste (Egyptian diety)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Baset (Egyptian diety)
	................Bowker, Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (1997)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Bastet," accessed 31 October 2016
	................ Bunson, Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (2002) 66
	................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 00001802
	................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/551774
	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastet#/media/File:Lioness_Bast_cosmetic_jar_83d40m_tut_burial_artifact.JPG