Sitting Sekhmet Statue
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Sekhmet, also spelled Sakhmet, in Egyptian
religion, a goddess of war and the destroyer of the enemies of the sun
god Re. Sekhmet was associated both with disease and with healing and
medicine. Like other fierce goddesses in the Egyptian pantheon, she was
called the “Eye of Re.” She was the companion of the god Ptah and was
worshipped principally at Memphis. She was usually depicted as a lioness
or as a woman with the head of a lioness, on which was placed the solar
disk and the uraeus serpent. Sekhmet was sometimes identified with
other Egyptian goddesses, such as Hathor, Bastet, and Mut.
Hand Painted Resin. L: 3.5" x W: 2.5" x H: 7.25"