The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 13, 2024

Statuette of Sekhmet

Statuette of Sekhmet

664–525 BCE
(715–332 BCE)
bronze, figure solid cast, obelisk hollow cast
Overall: 20.4 x 4.6 x 12.6 cm (8 1/16 x 1 13/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Bequest of James Parmelee 1940.669
Location: 107 Egyptian

Description

The lion-headed goddess Sekhmet strides forward wearing a long, tight-fitting dress and striated wig indicating her divine nature. Behind her is an obelisk that is hollow and originally open at the bottom. Her left hand would have held an attribute such as a staff, which is now lost.
  • ?-1931
    James Parmelee (1855-1931), Washington D.C.
    1931-1940
    Mrs. James Parmelee (1862-1940), Washington D.C., gifted to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1940-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 435
  • {{cite web|title=Statuette of Sekhmet|url=false|author=|year=664–525 BCE|access-date=13 May 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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