Shesmetet
Sign in to saveShesmetet (šsm.t.t) is an ancient Egyptian goddess. She was mentioned in the Pyramid Texts and was usually referred to as the deceased's mother. She was depicted as a lion or a woman with a lion's head, and thus was sometimes considered a form of Sekhmet or Bastet, but one of her epithets – "Lady of Punt" – differentiates her from them and may refer to a possible African origin. Her name comes from shesmet, a sash decorated with beads, which appears on the depictions of Old Kingdom rulers and the god Sopdu.
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- Deity.name
- Shesmetet
- Deity.type
- egyptian
- Deity.image
- Lionness goddess N5209 mp3h8667.jpg
- Deity.hiero
- S:z-S17A- t:t
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- Instance of
- Ancient Egyptian deity
- Gender
- female
- Image
- Lionness goddess N5209 mp3h8667.jpg
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- worshipped by
- religion of ancient Egypt
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Shesmetet (šsm.t.t) is an ancient Egyptian goddess. She was mentioned in the Pyramid Texts and was usually referred to as the deceased's mother. She was depicted as a lion or a woman with a lion's head, and thus was sometimes considered a form of Sekhmet or Bastet, but one of her epithets – "Lady of Punt" – differentiates her from them and may refer to a possible African origin. Her name comes from shesmet, a sash decorated with beads, which appears on the depictions of Old Kingdom rulers and the god Sopdu.
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