Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet ca. 1390–1352 New Kingdom This lion-headed figure represents the goddess Sakhmet, whose name means "the powerful one." Sakhmet was goddess of war, violent storms, and pestilence. When she was appeased, her powers of destruction could be used to protect, and in this aspect she became a goddess of inscription on the back of this statue names Sakhmet as mistress of an unknown Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet 544483

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