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Lioness-Headed Goddess

Title	Lioness-Headed Goddess
Publication Date:	mid 7th-late 6th century BCE (Late Period; Saite)
Publication Place	- The Walters Art Museum
Subject	Culture: Egyptian \| more \| less
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Dimensions: H: 2 1/16 x W: 9/16 x D: 1 1/4 in. (5.29 x 1.42 x 3.19 cm)
Library:	Digital Library of the Middle East
Library Asset ID	48.1546
Record ID	walters-11753
Library Location	The Walters Art Museum
Date	mid 7th-late 6th century BCE (Late Period; Saite)
Notes	The lustrous blue glaze on this example of Egyptian faience (a silica-based ceramic that does not include clay but is more like glass) imitated the tones of turquoise, which was imported from the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian faience was inexpensive to produce, but the results were so beautiful that it was used for even very prestigious objects. The lioness-headed goddess probably Wadjet, is seated on a throne, her left hand holding a papyrus-scepter in front of her body. A loop, which clarifies the function of the small statuette as a pendant, is behind her back.For the latest information about this object, amulets; pendants; amulet-pendants, visit art.thewalters.org. \| Dynasty: 26th Dynasty \| Inscriptions: \| Reign: \| Style: Saitic \| more \| less
Parçası Olduğu	EGY \| Ancient Art
Malzeme	Egyptian faience with blue glaze

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Lioness-Headed Goddess

Publication Date mid 7th-late 6th century BCE (Late Period; Saite)

Publication Place - The Walters Art Museum

Subject Culture: Egyptian | more | less

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Dimensions: H: 2 1/16 x W: 9/16 x D: 1 1/4 in. (5.29 x 1.42 x 3.19 cm)

Library Digital Library of the Middle East

Library Asset ID 48.1546

Record ID walters-11753

Library Location The Walters Art Museum

Date mid 7th-late 6th century BCE (Late Period; Saite)

Notes The lustrous blue glaze on this example of Egyptian faience (a silica-based ceramic that does not include clay but is more like glass) imitated the tones of turquoise, which was imported from the Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian faience was inexpensive to produce, but the results were so beautiful that it was used for even very prestigious objects. The lioness-headed goddess probably Wadjet, is seated on a throne, her left hand holding a papyrus-scepter in front of her body. A loop, which clarifies the function of the small statuette as a pendant, is behind her back.For the latest information about this object, amulets; pendants; amulet-pendants, visit art.thewalters.org. | Dynasty: 26th Dynasty | Inscriptions: | Reign: | Style: Saitic | more | less

Parçası Olduğu EGY | Ancient Art

Malzeme Egyptian faience with blue glaze