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Two Sekhmet Figures
and Two Sekhmet Heads.
These four pieces date from the New Kingdom.
Sekhmet literally translates as "the powerful."
Depicted with the body of a woman and the head
of a lioness, she was the bloodthirsty protector
of Ra, the sun god.
Egyptian. Head on the left, 18th Dynasty;
three others, 19th Dynasty. Granite Full figure
with vein of feldspar, 5'10-1/2 x 20-1/2"
(179.1x52.1cm); 3/4 figure, 45-1/4 x 17-3/4"(114.9x45.1cm);
chipped head, 19 x 19"(48.3 x 48.3cm);
head with sundisk, 23 x 10" (58.4 x 25.4cm).
Hearst Monument Collection, South Esplanade.
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