Sekhmet

This major lioness-headed goddess was the daughter of Re¹. She had a destructive and dangerous aspect and a protective and healing aspect. Amulets of Sekhmet are rarely identified unequivocally except when named on a back pillar. They appeared in the Third Intermediate Period² and were presents exchanged at the New Year¹

Discoloured blue glazed holding
a papyrus sceptre H 6.6, D 2.1
Third Intermediate Period © 2014
Musée du Louvre/Christian
Décamps #AF 13550

References

¹Wilkinson R H. The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt, 2003, Thames & Hudson, pp. 181-182
²Andrews C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, 1994, pp. 33-34 and back cover Fig.