In an odd fragmentary inscription that’s now at the Met, an unidentified Egyptian god is called the “lord of [these animals’] town.” In an Egyptian myth, these animals are created when a different animal drinks from a sacred lake. One of these animals with its offspring represented the [emphasize] return of the Faraway Goddess. The name of an Egyptian deity to whom these animals were sacred may represent that deity’s association with ointment (15[1])jars. In some accounts, Ra (-5[1])transforms into a knife-wielding, (*) giant one of these animals to kill Apep. Ibises and these (-5[1])animals were by far the most common to offer as mummies, (10[1])often in mass (10[1])graves that sometimes had millions of individual animals. The goddess of these animals was contrasted with the fiercer goddess Sekhmet. For 10 points, name (10[1])these domestic (10[1])animals that were sacred to Bastet. (10[1])■END■