Lioness-Headed Goddess

mid 7th-late 4th century BCE (Late Period)

1.6 cm 5.7 cm 0.8 cm

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Lioness goddesses were powerful deities. Most popular were Sakhmet and Wadjet, both closely related to the sun-god. Representations of lioness-headed goddesses should protect their owner or donor. This amulet displays a female goddess standing in a long dress. She has a liones...

Artifact

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22047
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Sheikh Ismael [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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4
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