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Sekhmet statues. The Sekhmet statues, dating back to the New Kingdom of Egypt during the 18th dynasty and later dynasties, are statues of the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet. Sekhmet statues can be found throughout Egypt, Thebes, Karnak and other parts of Africa.
The lion-headed goddess Sekhmet is the most represented deity in most Egyptian collections worldwide. Many amulets depict her image and her numerous statues abound in Egyptian art. Many of her statues can be found in museums and archaeological sites, and her presence testifies to the historical and cultural importance of this goddess.
The Statue of Sekhmet at the Royal Ontario Museum in Galleries of Africa: Egypt. The Statue of Sekhmet / ˈsɛkˌmɛt / [1] currently housed in the Gallery of Ancient Egypt at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is a life-sized sculpture of one of the oldest known Egyptian deities. [2] Her name is derived from the Egyptian word "sekhem" (which means ...
Egyptian Art. Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet. New Kingdom. ca. 1390–1352 B.C. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 135. The goddess Sakhmet, whose lioness head with its small intense eyes and prominent sinewy jaws bespeaks her potential for violence, elicited great efforts of appeasement.
Seated and standing statues of the lioness-headed goddess Sekhmet are a common sight in major museums. The largest single group of examples outside Egypt is in the British Museum, where there are in excess of thirty such statues, complete or broken.
French Egyptologist Jean Yoyotte proposed a convincing theory that this group of statues was the stone materialization of a Sekhmet ritual to pacify the goddess, neutralize her fearful aspects and attract her beneficial qualities.
The Egyptian goddess Sekhmet was associated with destruction. According to myth, she was the fiery eye of the sun god Ra, which he sent against his enemies. In this form she also appeared as the cobra on the brow of the king, rearing to protect him.
