Home›Sacred Objects, Dress & Symbols›Sacred Art & Iconography›"Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun'" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15.8.1)Sacred Art & Iconography"Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun'" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15.8.1)Granodiorite statue, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Metropolitan Museum of Art 15.8.1Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. ""Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun'" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15.8.1)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/sakhmet-mound-above-amun-met-15-8-1.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). "Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun'" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15.8.1). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/sakhmet-mound-above-amun-met-15-8-1Copy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-statue-of-sakhmet-lady-of-the-mound-abov, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {"Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun'" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15.8.1)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sacred-art-iconography/sakhmet-mound-above-amun-met-15-8-1}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXScriptural and Theological TraditionVerifiedA granodiorite statue, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1386 to 1347 BCE, showing the goddess Sekhmet, spelled Sakhmet in the museum's own title, seated and named as Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun. Held today by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under accession 15.8.1, Egyptian Art department, Gift of Henry Walters, 1915.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsSubject MatterDevotional FunctionWell-attestedHundreds of near identical granodiorite Sekhmet statues of this type were commissioned in single building programs, most famously for Amenhotep III's mortuary temple precinct at Thebes, understood as intended less as individually distinct cult images than as a numerically overwhelming apotropaic presence meant to placate the goddess's destructive aspect through sheer multiplication. 1Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithAmun, Deities Well-attested This source names Amun directly: "and named as Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun."Source "Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun,'" accession 15.8.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Sekhmet, Deities Well-attested This source names Sekhmet directly: "1386 to 1347 BCE, showing the goddess Sekhmet, spelled Sakhmet in the museum's own title, seated and named as Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun."Source "Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun,'" accession 15.8.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Belongs to TraditionAncient Egyptian Religion, Religions Well-attested Source "Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun,'" accession 15.8.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1DepictsSekhmet, Figures Well-attested The Metropolitan Museum's own title and its own object name, "Statue, Sakhmet," name the goddess outright, under the museum's own transliteration of Sekhmet.Source "Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun,'" accession 15.8.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Sources1. "Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun,'" accession 15.8.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)tier 1Metropolitan Museum of Artaccession 15.8.1View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year