Green Faience Sekhmet

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  • Size

    5.5cm(H) x 3cm(D) / 2"(H) x 1"(D)

  • Condition

    Excellent

    some minor restoration

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    Green Faience Sekhmet

    26th Dynasty

    Seated lion headed human form Sekhmet, wearing uraeus, with left hand rested on leg, right arm crooked at elbow holding papyrus sceptre to chest. With suspension loop, however would most likely have been set up as a focus for veneration given its bulk. Fierce goddess of the Memphite area, symbolising the burning heat of the sun and, as the sun-god's vengeful eye destroyed his enemies and brought plague and pestilence.

    for standing version cf. Petrie 1994 194a

    A wonderful example.