<em>Group of the Goddess Sekhmet Standing Surmounted by the Sun Disk within the Embrace of a Jackal - Headed Bird</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 3 7/16 × 1 × 3 in. (8.7 × 2.5 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.689E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.689E_view01.jpg)

Group of the Goddess Sekhmet Standing Surmounted by the Sun Disk within the Embrace of a Jackal - Headed Bird, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 3 7/16 × 1 × 3 in. (8.7 × 2.5 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.689E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.689E_view01.jpg)

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Group of the Goddess Sekhmet Standing Surmounted by the Sun Disk within the Embrace of a Jackal - Headed Bird

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Bronze

Reportedly From: Saqqara, Egypt

DATES 664–332 B.C.E.

PERIOD Late Period

DIMENSIONS 3 7/16 × 1 × 3 in. (8.7 × 2.5 × 7.6 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 37.689E

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION One solid cast figure of the lioness-headed goddess Sakhmet. She stands on a rectangular base and is crowned with a uraeus and sun-disk. Her lower arms are extended forwards to hold a mutilated object. Behind her stands a jackal-headed bird, whose wings are extended forwards to protect the goddess (they envelope her legs at the level of the calves.) The bird is crowned with a mutilated crown of an elaborate type. Condition: Brown patina. Most features rubbed down. Ragged edges of plinth and headdresses as well. Surface greatly pitted.

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view

CAPTION Group of the Goddess Sekhmet Standing Surmounted by the Sun Disk within the Embrace of a Jackal - Headed Bird, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 3 7/16 × 1 × 3 in. (8.7 × 2.5 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.689E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.689E_view01.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.37.689E_view01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2022

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