An Ancient Egyptian bas-relief block from the Great Hall of Nakhthoreb, Great Temple of Bast, Tell Basta (Bubastis), Lower Egypt. This block and some other fragments are all that have survived from a shrine of polished red granite in a hall built at the site to the west of the main temple of the goddess Bast. Excavated by Édouard Naville between 1887 and 1889.
Frieze from the Great Temple of Bubastis
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Tell Basta (Bubastis), Egypt
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- H:
- 119cm
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- 211cm
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- 20cm
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