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ID: 901002155
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901002155
Record Type: Character/Person

Sekhmet (Egyptian deity)

Note: Fierce goddess of destruction who takes the form of a lioness; rituals were performed before a different statue every day of the year, so there were numerous depictions, many images of Sekhmet have survived.

Names:
Sekhmet (Egyptian deity) (preferred,English-P,D)
Sakhmet (Egyptian deity) (English)
Sachmet (Egyptian deity) (English)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Egyptian iconography> (P)
........<Egyptian characters> (P)
............Sekhmet (Egyptian deity) (I)
Related Iconography:
consort/spouse of .... Ptah
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Egyptian iconography, Egyptian characters, Ptah (Egyptian deity)) [901002154]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... deity
.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
takes the form of .... lion (species)
.....(Panthera (genus), Felidae (family), Carnivora (order), Mammalia (class), Vertebrata (subphylum), Chordata (phylum), Animalia (kingdom), Eukaryota (domain), living organisms (entities), Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Egyptian (culture)
.....(Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
deity of .... destruction (process)
.....(processes and techniques by specific type, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Sekhmet (Egyptian deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85119652
Sakhmet (Egyptian deity)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Sachmet (Egyptian deity)
................Johnston, Religions of the Ancient World (2004) 417
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85119652
................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekhmet#/media/File:GD-EG-KomOmbo016.JPG

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