Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
A lion headed goddess, possibly Wadjet
Description
Copper alloy
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 bronze statuette of a lion-headed deity, likely Sekhmet.
This statuette depicts a lion-headed goddess, presumed to be Sekhmet, standing in a frontal pose. She is characterized by her majestic mane and a sun disk crown. The figure is adorned in a tightly-fitted dress, typical of Egyptian deity representations, and holds a scepter or ankh in her hand. The sculpture is finely detailed and represents typical attributes of divine figures in Egyptian art.
religious
New Kingdom
good
Deities
Sekhmet
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116408214 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.21 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329787 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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