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Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.
Lioness-goddess with winged jackal
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.

Lioness-goddess with winged jackal

Artist Unknown
CultureEgyptian
DateLate Period, 730-333 B.C.E.
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/8 x 1/2 in. (7.9 x 1.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2217.18
Collections
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 109
DescriptionGroup of two deities. A lioness-headed goddess is standing, her arms along her body, but her forearms stretched ahead. She is crowned with a sun disk and a cobra (uraeus). Behind her, a bird with a jackal head, resting on the floor, spreads its wings on each side of the goddess.

Label TextLioness-goddess with Winged Jackal Late Period, 730-333 B.C.E. Bronze Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2217.18 This cult statuette of a goddess and winged jackal-its rough-hewn surface suggesting it belonged to a worshipper of modest means-offers the conventional Egyptian image of a standing deity and divine protector in an unusual, hybrid form. The lion-headed goddess, embodying fierce power and violent destruction, was hardly a deity in need of protection. And yet the jackal kneeling behind her-again, an uncommon figure in this context-stretches its wings protectively toward her. Perhaps the atypical pairing reflects a regional cult that diverged from standard religious thought.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Anthropoid Coffin
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Anthropoid Coffin
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Anthropoid Coffin
Roman Period, 30 B.C.-395 A.D.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Sarcophagus of Psamtik-Seneb
Late Period, Dynasty 26, 664-525 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Lioness Goddess
Dynasty 25, ca. 736-333 B.C.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Wall fragment
Ptolemaic Period, 170-116 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
Unknown
Wadjet-Bastet
Late Period, Dynasty 26, 656-525 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
Funerary Amulets
Late Period, ca. 730-333 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Unknown
Wall fragment
Dynasty 19, reign of Ramses II, ca. 1279-1212 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Head of Osiris
Roman Period, 30 B.C.E.-395 C.E.
New photography by Pat Cagney with a digital camera.
Unknown
Sekhmet
Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, 1390-1353 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera - 2006.
Unknown
Faïence Amulet
ca. 736 - 333 B.C.
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