Statuette of Sekhmet
664–332 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsEgypt
FindspotNaukratis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueBronze
DimensionsOverall: 26 x 5.5 x 4 cm (10 1/4 x 2 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number86.246
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
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ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession Date: January 1, 1886)
12th century B.C.
late 7th–early 8th century
late 19th century
Late 19th century
1991–1784 B.C.
about 540–520 B.C.
about 500 B.C.
2nd century B.C.
about 210–170 B.C.
about 350–300 B.C.
Late 4th–early 3rd century B.C.
about 500 B.C.