Bubastis

E29489

ancient Egyptian city archaeological site

Bubastis was an ancient Egyptian city in the Nile Delta best known as a major cult center of the cat goddess Bastet.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Bubastis canonical	21
Boubastis	1
Feast of Bubastis	1
city of Bubastis	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Egyptian city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
ancientEgyptianName	Per-Bast ⓘ Bastet ⓘ surface form: Per-Bastet
archaeologicalExcavationsBy	Édouard Naville ⓘ
containsRemainsOf	cat necropolis ⓘ granite blocks and statues ⓘ temple precincts ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
culturalAssociation	cats in ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
declinePeriod	Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic period Roman period ⓘ
describedBy	Herodotus ⓘ
describedInWork	Histories ⓘ
excavationStartCentury	19th century ⓘ
festivalDescriptionByHerodotus	one of the most popular and joyous festivals in Egypt ⓘ
flourishedDuring	Late Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Late Period of ancient Egypt Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ surface form: Third Intermediate Period of ancient Egypt
governorate	Sharqia Governorate ⓘ
greekName	Bubastis self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Boubastis
hasFeature	processional ways ⓘ sacred lake ⓘ
hasTempleDedicatedTo	Bastet ⓘ
importantInDynasty	Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
knownFor	festivals of Bastet ⓘ grand temple of Bastet ⓘ
laterUse	quarry for building materials ⓘ
locatedEastOf	Nile River main course ⓘ
locatedIn	Lower Egypt ⓘ Nile Delta ⓘ
majorCultCenterOf	Bastet ⓘ Bastet ⓘ surface form: cat goddess Bastet
modernSiteName	Tell Basta ⓘ
nearModernCity	Zagazig ⓘ
notableRulerAssociated	Osorkon I ⓘ Osorkon II ⓘ Shoshenq I ⓘ
politicalRole	royal residence during the Twenty-second Dynasty ⓘ
primaryDeity	Bastet ⓘ
region	Nile Delta ⓘ surface form: eastern Nile Delta
religiousFunction	center of the cult of Bastet ⓘ pilgrimage site in ancient Egypt ⓘ
sacredAnimal	cat ⓘ
situatedOn	Pelusiac branch of the Nile ⓘ
timePeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ
UNESCOTentativeListStatus	part of Tell Basta archaeological area (Egyptian tentative listings) ⓘ
worshipPractices	mummification of cats for votive offerings ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lower Egypt → contains → Bubastis ⓘ

Bastet → majorCultCenter → Bubastis ⓘ

Bastet → festival → Bubastis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Feast of Bubastis

Bubastis → greekName → Bubastis self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Boubastis

Third Intermediate Period of Egypt → capital → Bubastis ⓘ

Lady of Bubastis → associatedCity → Bubastis ⓘ

Lady of Bubastis → cultCenter → Bubastis ⓘ

Lady of Bubastis → toponymDerivedFrom → Bubastis ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Bubastis

Per-Bast → hasGreekName → Bubastis ⓘ

Per-Bast → hasNameVariant → Bubastis ⓘ

Tell Basta → preservesRemainsOf → Bubastis ⓘ

Tell Basta → ancientName → Bubastis ⓘ

grand temple of Bastet → locatedIn → Bubastis ⓘ

subject surface form: Grand Temple of Bastet

grand temple of Bastet → associatedWithCity → Bubastis ⓘ

subject surface form: Grand Temple of Bastet

Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt → capital → Bubastis ⓘ

Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt → powerBase → Bubastis ⓘ

Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt → archaeologicalSite → Bubastis ⓘ

Shoshenq I → capitalCity → Bubastis ⓘ

Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt → capital → Bubastis ⓘ

Osorkon I → capital → Bubastis ⓘ

Bast → cultCenter → Bubastis ⓘ

Ozymandias → hasPet → Bubastis ⓘ

Osorkon II → capital → Bubastis ⓘ

Osorkon II → majorBuildingActivityAt → Bubastis ⓘ