Model tambourine with rosette border, Bastet on one side, her boat with naos on the other
Unknown
ca. 1070–712 B.C. · Faience · Egyptian Art
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. At festivals in Bubastis celebrating Bastet's return, the goddess sailed upon her Isheru, or temple lake, which is the event being illustrated on the model tambourine.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1070–712 B.C.
- Medium
- Faience
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
