LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Sekhmet

Title: Necklace counterpoise with aegis of Sakhmet Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside Dynasty: Dynasty 19–20 Date: ca. 1295–1070 B.C. Geography: Egypt Medium: Faience Dimensions: Height: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm) Credit Line: Gift of Miss Lily S. Place, 1923 Accession Number: 23.6.54 On View Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/egypti... and Necklace counterpoise with the aegis of Sekhmet; a rosette below; seated Sekhmet flanked by uraei on the central panel Blue faience Egypt New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18-19, 1336-1203 BC Accession Number: 23.6.54 The protective warrior goddess Sekhmet was a symbol of royal power. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

The Goddess Sakhmet Egypt, Thebes (Ramessesum) ca. 1405-1367 BC Late 18th Dynasty Black Granite (sun disc, lower torso, and base restored) # E-2047 (?) Sakhmet, consort of the god Ptah of Memphis, was also the goddess of war and pestilence who annihilated her enemies in the guise of a lioness. Originally set up by Amenhotep III at the Mut Temple at Karnak, the statue was later removed to the West Bank of the Nile by Ramesses II. Text from the U. Penn. Museum label

The Goddess Sakhmet Egypt, Thebes (Ramessesum) ca. 1405-1367 BC Late 18th Dynasty Black Granite (sun disc, lower torso, and base restored) # E-2047 (?) Sakhmet, consort of the god Ptah of Memphis, was also the goddess of war and pestilence who annihilated her enemies in the guise of a lioness. Originally set up by Amenhotep III at the Mut Temple at Karnak, the statue was later removed to the West Bank of the Nile by Ramesses II. Text from the U. Penn. Museum label

The Goddess Sakhmet Egypt, Thebes (Ramessesum) ca. 1405-1367 BC Late 18th Dynasty Black Granite (sun disc, lower torso, and base restored) # E-2047 (?) Sakhmet, consort of the god Ptah of Memphis, was also the goddess of war and pestilence who annihilated her enemies in the guise of a lioness. Originally set up by Amenhotep III at the Mut Temple at Karnak, the statue was later removed to the West Bank of the Nile by Ramesses II. Text from the U. Penn. Museum label