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Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet

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Description

Statue, Sakhmet. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390–1352 BCE. Granodiorite. H. 213 × W. 49.5 × D. 97.5 cm, 1370.3 kg (83 7/8 × 19 1/2 × 38 3/8 in., 3021 lb.). Possibly from: Karnak, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Subject: Goddess. Credit: Gift of Henry Walters, 1915.

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.

A dark stone standing statue in the style of an Egyptian deity figure, with a human upper body wearing a striped headcloth and a leonine/grimacing face at the front.

The object shows a full-length seated/standing (upright) figure carved in dark stone with a rounded crown or wig-like element on the head. The face is leonine in character—feline muzzle and open mouth/teeth rendering—suggesting a lioness deity type. The figure wears a tight, striped textile or kilt-like garment across the upper torso and a broad, segmented collar reminiscent of deity regalia. Both arms are held down along the body, with hands/fingers carved in relief at the sides. The base is roughly finished and the statue tapers/rounds slightly toward the feet; the surface shows wear and small chips, with a polished/granular finish consistent with stone sculpture.

religious New Kingdom (as catalogued); style consistent with Late New Kingdom deity statuary but not enough to refine further from the image alone. good
Deities Sakhmet (inferred from leonine iconography; exact identification not fully confirmable from image alone)
Materials dark stone (consistent with granodiorite as catalogued)

Connections

Found at Karnak

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116247746 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 15.8.3 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 544485 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
  • 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.