Lion-headed deity (Mahes) enthroned
26th Dynasty, 664 –525 BC, Fundort unbekannt
Lion-headed deity (Mahes) enthroned
The cult of the lion-headed deity Mahes, son of the goddess Bastet, is documented in the Nile delta during the Late Period. A sun disk indicating Mahes’s association with the sun god is lost from atop the head of this figure. His throne’s decoration includes the god Horus as a flying falcon; the inscription calls upon Wadjet, the goddess of Lower Egypt.
Object data
Object Name
Statue
Culture
Ägyptisch
Period
Late Period
Dated
26th Dynasty, 664 –525 BC
Site
Material
Bronze, traces of gilding
Dimensions
H 59 cm, B 16,8 cm, T 32,5 cm, G 22 kg
Image rights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Inv. No.
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 10027
Provenance
1995, purchased
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