Seated statue of the goddess Sakhmet
18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, 1410–1372 BC
Amenhotep III erected hundreds of statues of the leonine goddess Sakhmet in the precinct of Mut at Karnak and in his own memorial temple. Shoshenq I (931–910 BC) replaced Amenhotep III’s cartouche here with his own. “Giovanni B. Belzoni,” the name of the man who apparently found ÄS 77 and ÄS 78 in the Mut Temple, is inscribed on both statues.
Amenhotep III erected hundreds of statues of the leonine goddess Sakhmet in the precinct of Mut at Karnak and in his own memorial temple. Shoshenq I (931–910 BC) replaced Amenhotep III’s cartouche here with his own. “Giovanni B. Belzoni,” the name of the man who apparently found ÄS 77 and ÄS 78 in the Mut Temple, is inscribed on both statues.
Time:
18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, 1410–1372 BC
Object Name
Statue
Culture
Ägyptisch
Location of discovery:
Theben, Karnak, Mut-Tempel (vermutlich)
Material/technology:
Granodiorite
Dimensions:
H 186 cm, B 46 cm, T 99,2 cm
G 1240 kg (inkl Palettensockel)
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Invs.
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 78
Provenance
1818, gift of Peter Jussuff