Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue

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

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Description

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. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small statuette depicting a seated animal, possibly a lioness, with an object in its forepaws.

The artifact is a statuette of a seated animal, likely a lioness, which appears to be holding an object in its forepaws, possibly a disk or sphere. The figure is detailed, with visible facial features and a defined body posture. The style suggests simplicity and elegance, characteristic of small Egyptian statuettes. The composition is three-dimensional, focusing on the animal's presence and posture.

unclear unknown good
Materials bronze

Connections

Found at Saqqara
Deities Sekhmet
Materials Bronze

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.689E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117297 tier-2
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