Statue of the Goddess Sekhmet in the University of Pennsylvania Museum, November 2009

The Goddess Sakhmet
Egypt, Thebes (Ramessesum)
ca. 1405-1367 BC
Late 18th Dynasty
Black Granite (sun disc, lower torso, and base restored)

# E-2047 (?)

Sakhmet, consort of the god Ptah of Memphis, was also the goddess of war and pestilence who annihilated her enemies in the guise of a lioness. Originally set up by Amenhotep III at the Mut Temple at Karnak, the statue was later removed to the West Bank of the Nile by Ramesses II.

Text from the U. Penn. Museum label