<em>Sakhmet</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 3 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (9.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.405E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth,er), 37.405E_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)

Sakhmet

Medium: Bronze

Geograhical Locations:

Dates:664–332 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 3 7/8 x 1 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (9.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm)

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Accession Number: 37.405E

Image: 37.405E_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
Figure of either Bastet or Sakhmet. She is seated with hands at her lap. The right hand is a fist thumb up; the left hand a fist knuckles up. She wears a long dress and an armlet on each upper arm. She sports a lappet wig. Tail of uraeus appears in relief on the rear of the wig. The head was meant to be inlaid in setting atop the goddess' head. She sits on a throne. On the left side the design if destroyed. On the rear a vulture with outstretched wings flanked by wd3. On the right side a crocodile headed god holding w3s scepter and shen. A tang descends from feet. Condition: Brown/red patina overall. Inlay from top of head lost. Some superficial pitting. Partially hollow cast. Tang broken off part way down.

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