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Lion-headed goddess

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Description

Statuette, lion-headed goddess. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 BC. Cupreous metal. H. 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.); W. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.); D. 2 cm (13/16 in.) H. (with tangs): 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Lions, Goddess. Credit: Museum Accession.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

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

Standing small bronze/cupreous-metal figurine of a lion-headed deity on a pedestal, shown in profile-to-front view with arms held close to the body.

The image shows a human-like figure with a rounded lion’s head and a broad, curled mane framing the face. The deity appears nude or minimally dressed, with stylized musculature and a slender torso. The arms are held close to the sides, and the legs extend down to the feet, which stand straight on a rectangular plinth. The surface is greenish with dark patina and localized corrosion consistent with a copper alloy. No clear hieroglyphic inscription, cartouche, or Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is visible on the figure or pedestal in this view. The background is plain and the lighting is studio-like, emphasizing the patinated metal finish and the lion-head iconography consistent with a lion-headed goddess as catalogued.

religious Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (per catalogue; image does not allow tighter dating) good
Deities lion-headed goddess (exact name unknown)
Materials cupreous metalbronze/alloy patina (green/verdigris)

Connections

Deities Lion-headed goddess
Materials Cupreous Metal

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116252600 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 2016.9.36 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 572087 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.