Vintage MFA Gold Lioness Sekhmet the Warrior Goddess Brooch - Treasures of store Tutankhamun Exhibit Egyptian Revival - Lion Leo Pin

Vintage MFA Egyptian Revival Gold Plated Sekhmet Warrior Goddess Brooch.

The brooch is marked "MFA" and measures 2 1/2" x 3/8".

The brooch has been well-maintained and cared for over the years. It is in store excellent vintage condition.


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Sekhmet

In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet or Sachmis (also spelled Sakhmet, Sekhet, or Sakhet, among other spellings) was originally the warrior goddess as well as goddess of healing for Upper Egypt, when the kingdom of Egypt was divided. She is depicted as a lioness, the fiercest hunter known to the Egyptians. It was said that her breath formed the desert. She was seen as the protector of the pharaohs and led them in warfare.

Her cult was so dominant in the culture that when the first pharaoh of the twelfth dynasty, Amenemhat I, moved the capital of Egypt to Itjtawy, the center for her cult was moved as well. Religion, the royal lineage, and the authority to govern were intrinsically interwoven in Ancient Egypt during its approximately three millennia of existence.

Sekhmet also is a Solar deity, sometimes called the daughter of the sun god Ra and often associated with the goddesses Hathor and Bast. She bears the Solar disk and the uraeus which associates her with Wadjet and royalty. With these associations she can be construed as being a divine arbiter of the goddess Ma'at (Justice, or Order) in the Judgment Hall of Osiris, associating her with the Wadjet (later the Eye of Ra), and connecting her with Tefnut as well.

Authorized reproduction in gold electroplate by the Museum of Fine Art.

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