Sekhmet - San Jose, CA - Exact Replicas on Waymarking.com

The placard accompanying this sculpture indicates that it is a replica cast from an original at the British Museum in 1935.
It depicts the female Egyptian god Sekhmet who was a household healing deity.
Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:

"In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet...also spelled Sakhmet, Sekhet, or Sakhet, among other spellings) was originally the warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing for Upper Egypt, when the kingdom of Egypt was divided. She is depicted as a lioness, the fiercest hunter known to the Egyptians. It was said that her breath formed the desert. She was seen as the protector of the pharaohs and led them in warfare.

Her cult was so dominant in the culture that when the first pharaoh of the twelfth dynasty, Amenemhat I, moved the capital of Egypt to Itjtawy, the centre for her cult was moved as well. Religion, the royal lineage, and the authority to govern were intrinsically interwoven in Ancient Egypt during its approximately three millennia of existence.

Sekhmet also is a Solar deity, sometimes called the daughter of the sun god Ra and often associated with the goddesses Hathor and Bast. She bears the Solar disk and the uraeus which associates her with Wadjet and royalty. With these associations she can be construed as being a divine arbiter of the goddess Ma'at (Justice, or Order) in the Judgment Hall of Osiris, associating her with the Wedjat (later the Eye of Ra), and connecting her with Tefnut as well."

Where is original located?: British Museum, London Where is this replica located?: Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose Who created the original?: e Year Original was Created (approx. ok): c. 1200 BC Internet Link about Original: Not listed

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