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Turner Paul Patrick Gordon Bateson (eds.). Dictionary of Demons and Deities in the Bible (2nd ed.). In Karel van der Toorn Bob Becking Pieter W. Brandl, Faye Kalloniatis (eds.): Egyptian Antiquities from Kufur Nigm and Bubastis. Bernhauer, 'Block Statue of Nefer-ka', in: M. The inscription suggests that the king, Amenhotep III, was present at the event and had great offerings made to the deity. 1380 BC) of Nefer-ka, the wab-priest of Sekhmet, provides written evidence for this. The block statue from the eighteenth dynasty (c. A festival of Bastet was known to be celebrated during the New Kingdom at Bubastis. This accords well with Egyptian sources that prescribe that lioness goddesses are to be appeased with the 'feasts of drunkenness'. Great sacrifices were made and prodigious amounts of wine were drunk-more than was the case throughout the year. The women engaged in music, song, and dance on their way to the place. Each year on the day of her festival, the town was said to have attracted some 700,000 visitors, both men and women (but not children), who arrived in numerous crowded ships. Herodotus also relates that of the many solemn festivals held in Egypt, the most important and most popular one was that celebrated in Bubastis in honor of this goddess.

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