Caption

Amulet plaque with a relief representation of two deities: a lion-headed goddess in a long robe, with a sun disc and a uraeus on her head Sekhmet, and a naked lion-headed god with a uraeus on his head possibly Mahes. The god appears to have paws instead of arms and legs. Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 BC, Egypt. Amulet plaque. Height 6.7 cm; width 2.7 cm., A small sculpted object with a glossy bright blue surface covering most of its form, showing a vertical rectangular shape with worn and rough gray-brown areas where the blue glaze is missing, and a raised pair of simplified humanlike figures standing side by side with rounded heads, elongated torsos, and subtle limb suggestions; the surface shows irregularities, pits, and slight dark speckling within the blue, and the base is slightly flared with uneven edges and a mix of blue glaze and exposed darker material.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A03_342

License type

Rights managed

Available size

32.7Mb (1.6Mb) / 8.6in x 14.8in / 2566 x 4450 (300dpi)

Keywords

Amulet plaque relief representation two deities lion-headed goddess long robe sun disc uraeus head Sekhmet naked lion-headed god head Mahes god paws arms legs Ptolemaic Period 332–30 Bc Egypt Height 6.7 cm width 2.7 cm small sculpted object glossy bright blue surface covering form showing vertical rectangular shape worn rough gray-brown areas blue glaze missing raised pair simplified humanlike figures standing side rounded heads elongated torsos subtle limb suggestions surface irregularities pits slight dark speckling within base slightly flared uneven edges mix exposed darker material.