Amulet of Sekhmet
Third Intermediate Period (about 1069–664 BCE)
- Medium
- Faience
- Classification
- Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions
- 5.7 × 1.8 × 3.5 cm (2 1/4 × 3/4 × 1 7/16 in.)
- Culture
- Egypt
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Africa
- Credit line
- Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The lioness Sekhmet and the cat Bastet were regarded as being the wild and tame aspects, respectively, of the same unpredictable goddess. Bastet is shown seated, holding her rattle (sistrum) that made music that calmed Sekhmet, transforming her into a gentle cat.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
