Object Number: Ha6983.4

Collection: World Archaeology - Egyptology

Object Name: amulet

Local Name: Sekhmet

Description: This is a shiny green faience figure moulded in the form of sekhmet standing. Details are finely incised. It has a small rectangular base rounded at the front. She has the head of a cat with large pointed ears. She wears the crown of upper and lower Egypt. She stands with one leg forward, arms down by her side, holding a long seceptre in one hand. The amulet is pierced widthways through a loop at the back of the neck. There is a pilaster at the back with an indent at waist level and neck level.

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