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Lapis for Djehuty, carnelian for Bast (with footnotes)

Updated the shrine stones this week: a small lapis lazuli on Djehuty's side, a carnelian on Bast's. Footnote 1: lapis didn't come from Egypt at all. It was traded all the way from the mountains of Badakhshan, in what's now Afghanistan, which tells you how much it was prized. Some texts describe the gods' hair as made of lapis. Footnote 2: carnelian turns up everywhere in Egyptian jewellery and amulets. Its warm red-orange felt right for Bast, who is fierce and cozy in equal measure, rather like the cat currently asleep on my keyboard. Footnote 3: I paid $14 for both. The pharaohs would weep.