Amulet of a goddess, perhaps Sakhmet
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Object Details
- 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.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- ca. 1075-656 BCE or later
- Period
- Third Intermediate Period
- Accession Number
- F1907.30
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Jewelry and Ornament
- Medium
- Faience (glazed composition)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 10.3 x 2 x 3.2 cm (4 1/16 x 13/16 x 1 1/4 in)
- Origin
- Egypt
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- On View
- Freer Gallery 20: A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt
- 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
- Record ID
- fsg_F1907.30
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye356ef3a8e-c76f-4d85-b87e-c933790e42fc
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