Necklace counterpoise with aegis of Sakhmet

Unknown

ca. 1295–1070 B.C. · Faience · Egyptian Art

At the top of this menat, or necklace counterpoise, is the head of a lion-headed goddess, wearing a broad collar and crowned with a sun disk. A relief scene showing a lion-headed goddess seated on a throne and holding a papyrus scepter decorates the menat’s center section. This part is flanked on each side by a cobra wearing the Upper Egyptian crown. The bottom section features a rosette.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

Medium

Faience

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Gift of Lily S. Place, 1923