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Egyptian Faience Entrhoned SekhmetAn ancient Egyptian green faience amulet of lion-head goddess Sekhmet. Late Period, ca. 700-30 BC. Sekhmet was a warrior goddess of Upper Egypt depicted as a lioness. She was also a solar deity, and was associated with different aspects of Hathor, Mut, and Bastet. She wears the solar disk headdress, and uraeus which associates her with Wadjet and royalty. Confer: C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, (Texas, 1994), p. 22. Formerly in an English private collection acquired between 1953-1992. Inv#: 4311 $1,500 |
