Egyptian Bronze Neith

An ancient Egyptian bronze statuette of the goddess Neith striding, her arms at her sides, wearing a broad collar and a tight sheath dress, wearing the Red Crown of Lower Egypt.

Late Period.

Ca. 700 - 30 BC.

Height: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm).

Neith figured prominently in the Egyptian pantheon from the earliest period as a primordial goddess associated with water. Subsequently she became a goddess of war, before finally developing into a protective deity associated with domesticity and marriage. As such, royal women often named themselves after her. The cult of Neith was centered in the Nile Delta city of Sais.

Formerly in the collection of Barbara Walters, New York.

Inv#: 9091

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