Figure
664 BC - 332 BC
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In ancient Egypt, Sekhmet was the goddess of war but also healing. Her associated animal was the lion, and so depictions of Sekhmet typically portray her as a human female with a lion's head. Sekhmet was also considered a solar deity, and so the solar disk was also often depicted as one of her attributes.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Glazed composition |
| Brief description | Sekhmet figurine, green glazed composition, Egypt, Late Period |
| Physical description | Top half of a green glazed composition figurine or amulet of the Goddes Sekhmet. She is depicted as a striding human figure with a lion's head, surmounted by a large sun-disk with a uraeus cobra. The figure has a moulded dorsal pillar. |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | This object originally formed part of the Ceramics collection at the Museum of Practical Geology, on Jermyn Street, which was transferred en masse to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1901. |
| Summary | In ancient Egypt, Sekhmet was the goddess of war but also healing. Her associated animal was the lion, and so depictions of Sekhmet typically portray her as a human female with a lion's head. Sekhmet was also considered a solar deity, and so the solar disk was also often depicted as one of her attributes. |
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| Accession number | 5484-1901 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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