Lion-headed deity (Mahes) enthroned
26th Dynasty, 664 –525 BC
The cult of the lion-headed deity Mahes, son of the goddess Bastet, is documented in the Nile delta during the Late Period. A sun disk indicating Mahes’s association with the sun god is lost from atop the head of this figure. His throne’s decoration includes the god Horus as a flying falcon; the inscription calls upon Wadjet, the goddess of Lower Egypt.
The cult of the lion-headed deity Mahes, son of the goddess Bastet, is documented in the Nile delta during the Late Period. A sun disk indicating Mahes’s association with the sun god is lost from atop the head of this figure. His throne’s decoration includes the god Horus as a flying falcon; the inscription calls upon Wadjet, the goddess of Lower Egypt.
Time:
26th Dynasty, 664 –525 BC
Object Name
Statue
Culture
Ägyptisch
Location of discovery:
Fundort unbekannt
Material/technology:
Bronze, traces of gilding
Dimensions:
H 59 cm, B 16,8 cm, T 32,5 cm, G 22 kg
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Invs.
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 10027
Provenance
1995, purchased