Cleveland Museum of Art

Statuette of Sekhmet

Date

664–525 BCE

Medium

bronze, figure solid cast, obelisk hollow cast

Culture

Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26 or later

Department

Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

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.

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