Amulet of a goddess, perhaps Sakhmet

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Description: Striding figure of either the Memphite goddess Sakhmet or the goddess Bastet. This anthropomorphic deity combines the body of a woman and the head of a lioness. The figure strides upon a rectangular base with her left foot forward. She wears an ankle-length sheath gown and tripartite wig; on her head is a sun disc with uraeus. Her arms hang straight at her sides; her hands are flat. A back plinth extends the full height of the figure and is perforated horizontally near the ribcage level, to enable the amulet to be supended on a cord.
Previous custodian or owner: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Provenance: To 1906-1907; Unidentified owner, Egypt, to 1906-1907 [1]; From 1906-1907 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased in Egypt in from an unidentified owner the winter of 1906-1907 [2]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]; Notes:; [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1850, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.; [2] See note 1.; [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Related Online Resources: Google Cultural Institute
See more items in: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
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Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Topic: Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1075 - 656 BCE); Saite Dynasty 26 (664 - 525 BCE); Egypt; Sakhmet; Ancient Egyptian Art; protection

GUID (Link to Original Record): http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye356ef3a8e-c76f-4d85-b87e-c933790e42fc