Lion-headed goddess, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.); W. 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.); D. 8.9 cm (3 1/2 in.), Lion-headed goddesses in Egypt encompassed numerous deities including Sakhmet, Wadjet, and Bastet, among others. In this guise, the goddesses were fierce protective deities, but ones that could also bring about destruction on behalf of the gods, both through violence and through plague and pestilence
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Lion-headed goddess, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C, Egypt, Cupreous metal, H, 16.2 cm, 6 3/8, W, 5.2, 2 1/16, D, 8.9, 3 1/2, goddesses, Egypt encompassed, numerous, deities, Sakhmet, Wadjet, Bastet, guise, goddesses, fierce protective, ones, bring, destruction, behalf, gods, violence, plague, pestilence
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