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<em>Lion-headed Goddess</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_divinefelines_2013.jpg)
Lion-headed Goddess, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_divinefelines_2013.jpg)
<em>Lion-headed Goddess</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_divinefelines_2013.jpg)

Lion-headed Goddess, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_divinefelines_2013.jpg)

<em>Lion-headed Goddess</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_view2.jpg)

Lion-headed Goddess, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_view2.jpg)

<em>Lion-headed Goddess</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_view5.jpg)

Lion-headed Goddess, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_view5.jpg)

<em>Lion-headed Goddess</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_view3.jpg)

Lion-headed Goddess, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_view3.jpg)

<em>Lion-headed Goddess</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_view4.jpg)

Lion-headed Goddess, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_view4.jpg)

<em>Lion-headed Goddess</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_view1.jpg)

Lion-headed Goddess, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_view1.jpg)

<em>Lion-headed Goddess</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_negA_bw.jpg)

Lion-headed Goddess, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_negA_bw.jpg)

<em>Lion-headed Goddess</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_negC_bw.jpg)

Lion-headed Goddess, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_negC_bw.jpg)

<em>Lion-headed Goddess</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 08.480.29_PS9.jpg)

Lion-headed Goddess, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 08.480.29_PS9.jpg)

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Lion-headed Goddess

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Bronze
  • Place Collected: Egypt
    • DATES 664–332 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 26 to Dynasty 31
    PERIOD Late Period
    DIMENSIONS 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 08.480.29
    CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Standing bronze statuette of Sakhmet. Conventional type with sun disk and uraeus surmounting her lion head. Left arm advanced clasping large lotus flower. Right hand clasps fragment of an object, now broken, probably an ankh. Left leg advanced. No inscription. Condition: Good. Attribute missing from right hand. Surface mostly a dull black.
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    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Lion-headed Goddess, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_divinefelines_2013.jpg)
    IMAGE installation, CUR.08.480.29_divinefelines_2013.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2015
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    <em>Lion-headed Goddess</em>, 664–332 B.C.E. Bronze, 9 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 2 9/16 in. (23.3 x 4.6 x 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 08.480.29. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.08.480.29_divinefelines_2013.jpg)

    TAGS

    ancient furry
    Lion
    Goddess
    Female
    Left leg advanced
    Standing
    Lion-headed
    Sun Disc
    Uraeus
    Papyrus Scepter
    Sekhmet
    Sakhmet
    Egypt
    Bronze
    Late Period
    Left arm extended
    Regeneration
    Rebirth
    Statuette
    Holding attribute

    TAGS

    ancient furry
    Lion
    Goddess
    Female
    Left leg advanced
    Standing
    Lion-headed
    Sun Disc
    Uraeus
    Papyrus Scepter
    Sekhmet
    Sakhmet
    Egypt
    Bronze
    Late Period
    Left arm extended
    Regeneration
    Rebirth
    Statuette
    Holding attribute

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