Object Number: Ha6983.3

Collection: World Archaeology - Egyptology

Object Name: amulet

Local Name: Sekhmet

Description: Shiny green faience figure moulded in the form of sekhmet standing. Details are finely incised. It has a small rectangular base. She has the head of a cat with large pointed ears. She wears a small pointed headress. Both her arms are missing. She stands with one leg forward, holding a long seceptre in one hand. The amulet is pierced widthways through a loop at the baclk of the head. There is a pilaster at the back with incised hieroglyphs down it.

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