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statue
Object Type
statue
Museum number
EA518
Description
Granodiorite figure of Sekhmet, seated, with a solar disk headdress. Front of plinth and feet was restored and this restoration has all detached. Inscribed on front edges of throne with names of Amenhotep III.
Cultures/periods
18th Dynasty
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Thebes (historic - Upper Egypt)
Materials
granodiorite
Dimensions
Height:
216 centimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
Published: HTBM Part 9: Plate I PM II (2): p.265
Bibliographic references
James 1970 / Hieroglyphic texts from Egyptian stelae, etc., in the British Museum, Part 9.
(Pl.1)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
1954. Requested for loan to temporary exhibition at Birmingham City Museum and Art Gallery (AES archive, Official Correspondence 1953-55, note of 21 January 1954, with application dated 21 September 1953).
Condition
fair (incomplete)
Subjects
ancient egyptian deity
Associated names
Named in inscription & portrayed:
Sekhmet
Named in inscription:
Amenhotep III
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl of Belmore
Acquisition date
1843
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA518
Registration number
1843,0507.1045
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
BS.518
(Birch Slip Number)
Conservation
Treatment
: 02 Apr 1986