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Object Type: figure
Museum number: EA11029
Description: Solid-cast copper alloy figure of Sekhmet wearing a striated wig and a long dress; holding an ankh-symbol and a staff; rectangular base with two lines of incised hieroglyphic text.
Cultures/periods: Late Period
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Egypt
Materials: copper alloy
Technique: solid-cast; incised
Dimensions: Height: 18.40 centimetres; Weight: 1223 grammes; Width: 4.50 centimetres; Depth: 8.50 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Location: Not on display
Condition: good
Subjects: ancient egyptian deity
Associated names: Named in inscription & portrayed: Sekhmet; Named in inscription: Sobekhotep; Named in inscription: Ptah
Acquisition name: Purchased from: H E E T Rogers
Acquisition date: 1830
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA11029
Registration number: 1880,0303.1
Conservation: Treatment: 18 May 1981; Treatment: 01 Jan 1990; Treatment: 01 Jun 1970; Treatment: 15/3/2019

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