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"Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun'" (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 15.8.1)

Ancient Egyptian Art

A 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.

Facts
Subject Matter
Devotional Function
Hundreds 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. 1
Physical Form
Medium
Granodiorite statue, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Metropolitan Museum of Art 15.8.1 1
Classification
Object Type
Sculpture or Statuary 1
Medium (class)
Sculpture 1
Connections

Associated With

Amun, Deities

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)
Sekhmet, Deities

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)

Belongs to Tradition

Ancient Egyptian Religion, Religions
Source "Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun,'" accession 15.8.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Depicts

Sekhmet, Figures

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)

Originated In

Egypt, Regions
Source "Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun,'" accession 15.8.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Sources
1. "Statue of Sakhmet, 'Lady of the Mound-Above-Amun,'" accession 15.8.1 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • accession 15.8.1
    Period: New Kingdom, Dynasty 18. Medium: Granodiorite. Credit Line: Gift of Henry Walters, 1915.
  • catalogue record, medium/object-type description
    A granodiorite statue, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca.
  • Originated In: Egypt, Collection record: culture, country and region fields
    Upper Egypt, Thebes
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Apotropaic magic (Wikipedia)
In Group: Egyptian Protective and Apotropaic Deities, the Metropolitan Museum of Art accession record identifies the statue's subject as Sakhmet, a protective goddess of war and healingView the Source
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