<em>Bust of the Goddess Sakhmet</em>, ca. 1390-1352 B.C.E. Granodiorite, 39 x 19 7/8 x 15 9/16 in., 443 lb. (99 x 50.5 x 39.5 cm, 200.94kg). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. W. Benson Harer, Jr. in honor of Richard Fazzini and the excavations of the Temple of Mut in South Karnak, Mary Smith Dorward Fund and Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 1991.311. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1991.311_front_SL1.jpg)

Bust of the Goddess Sakhmet

Medium: Granodiorite

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:ca. 1390-1352 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 39 x 19 7/8 x 15 9/16 in., 443 lb. (99 x 50.5 x 39.5 cm, 200.94kg)

Collections:

Museum Location: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor

Exhibitions:

Accession Number: 1991.311

Image: 1991.311_front_SL1.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Bust of Sakhmet from a seated statue of the goddess. The goddess is crowned with a sun disk fronted by a uraeus. She wears a tripartite wig, a broad collar necklace, and a dress whose straps are adorned with a rosette over each breast. Condition: Broken off diagonally from lower part of statue, with proper left side preserved to just below shoulder and proper right side to just above elbow. Upper sides and front of uraeus missing; other chips, scratches and abrasions.

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