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Statuette: E.23.1940

Object information

Current Location: In storage

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Large cast figure of Sekhmet sat on a throne, with a sun-disk fronted by a uraeus serpent. The object displays a number of mark-making techniques with scales featured on the sides of the throne, and hieroglyphic inscriptions along with figures on the back of the throne. There is damage to the front of the object (at the knees and shin), and some corrosion around the base of the statue. Tangs for attachment to another object are visible.

Sakhmet, seated and crowned

Measurements and weight

Height: 0.28 m

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1940) by Hanbury, Dermot Horace Thomas

Project

  • Egypt

Materials used in production

Bronze

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.23.1940
Primary reference Number: 54351
Oldadmincategory: MW
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 18 July 2025 Last processed: Friday 18 July 2025

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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