A statue of Sekhmet

Description

An 18th Dynasty granodiorite seated statue of Sekhmet. Granodiorite statue of Sekhmet: showing the goddess as a woman with the head of a lioness but a divine female wig. On her head is a solar disc with a uraeus cobra on her brow. In her left hand she holds a sceptre with a top in the shape of a papyrus umbel (a 'wadj' sceptre); while in her right hand she holds an 'ankh' sign. Most of the right arm is lost. EA45 Height: 220 centimetres (not including stone base) Width: 48 centimetres Depth: 43 centimetres Height: 16 centimetres (stone base) Width: 53.5 centimetres (stone base)Depth: 53.5 centimetres (stone base) Created from 407 photos, Nikon D5100 by Daniel Pett