EGYPTIAN COLLECTION

SEKHMET -THE LIONESS- HEADED GODDESS, THE GODDESS OF BRAVERY AND COURAGE,  SEKHMET WAS USUALLY SHOWN AS A WOMAN WITH THE HEAD OF A LION OR A LIONESS.  HER NAME MEANS 'THE POWERFUL ONE'. AT MEMPHIS SEKHMET WAS HONORED AS THE WIFE OF THE CREATOR GOD PTAH. AT THEBES SHE WAS WORSHIPPED AS A FORM OF MUT, THE QUEEN OF THE GODS!  DATED AND SIGNED!