Miniature Group of Ptah and Sakhmet

664-525 BCE (Late Period)

3.3 cm 4.7 cm 3.4 cm

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Depicted here in a double image are Ptah, one of the main creator gods (and a patron of artisans), and Sakhmet, the daughter of the sun-god Re and Ptah's consort. Her ill will brought destruction to mankind. This group was once part of a larger configuration.

Sculpture

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29222
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sculpture
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normalized
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provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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en
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6
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Saitic
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