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Description: | Faience amulet of lioness goddess Sekhmet seated on throne. 2.6cm high. Sekhemt seems to have originated in Letopolis but was soon connected to Memphis. Her name is 'She who is powerful'. She was a daughter of the sun god Re. A myth found in the royal tombs at Thebes tells of her being sent by Re to kill humankind for rebelling against him. The land was red with blood and Re urged her to stop but she continued. However she is tricked into drinking beer coloured red, thinking it was blood. She then becomes drunk and stops. Her intoxication is celebrated at Hathor's festival by the drinking of red beer. In some versions she turns into Bastet or Hathor once pacified. Sekhmet was also said to responsible for disease. Given by Prys-Morgan | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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