Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390–1352 , Upper Egypt, Thebes, Karnak, Granodiorite
Statue of the Goddess Sakhmet, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1390–1352 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Karnak, Granodiorite, h. 210 cm (82 11/16 in); w. of base cm (18 11/16 in); d. cm (37 5/8 in), The goddess Sakhmet, whose lioness head with its small intense eyes and prominent sinewy jaws bespeaks her potential for violence, elicited great efforts of appeasement. This is one of some six hundred statues of the goddess created during the reign of Amenhotep III that either still stand in, or can be traced to, two main locales: the mortuary complex of the king at Kom el Heitan on the Theban west bank, and the Mut Temple Complex at Karnak on the east bank at Thebes
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