Necklace Counterpoise with the Aegis of Sekhmet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, July 2010

Title: Necklace counterpoise with aegis of Sakhmet

Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside

Dynasty: Dynasty 19–20

Date: ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Geography: Egypt

Medium: Faience

Dimensions: Height: 3 15/16 in. (10 cm)

Credit Line: Gift of Miss Lily S. Place, 1923

Accession Number: 23.6.54

On View

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Necklace counterpoise with the aegis of Sekhmet; a rosette below; seated Sekhmet flanked by uraei on the central panel

Blue faience
Egypt
New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18-19, 1336-1203 BC

Accession Number: 23.6.54

The protective warrior goddess Sekhmet was a symbol of royal power.

Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.