Figurine

E14357

From: Egypt | Mit-Rahineh

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E14357
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Egypt | Mit-Rahineh
Locus Sebbakh north of 200:16
Period Late Period
Date Made After 656 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Faience
Technique Inscribed
Iconography Sekhmet
Inscription Language Hieroglyphic
Description

Faded greenish-blue faience amulet of the goddess Sekhmet, shown standing with her hands at her sides, wearing a long sheath dress and a winged sun-disk. The back pillar is inscribed with two columns of text giving the name and epithets of Sekhmet.

Height 12.7 cm
Width 2.5 cm
Depth 3.5 cm
Credit Line The Eckley B. Coxe Jr. Expedition to Mit-Rahineh (Memphis), Egypt; Clarence Stanley Fisher, 1916
Other Number M5862 - Field No SF

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