The Met Store Small Selket Sculpture

Selket is one of four ancient Egyptian goddesses whose figure is represented on Tutankhamun’s tomb to guard the king’s remains. This small sculpture reproduces her likeness as featured in the New Kingdom shrine at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. There, the gilded goddess stands with arms outstretched in an attitude of protection. On her head is her emblem, the scorpion. Selket was chiefly noted for her magical powers and, in particular, for treating scorpion stings by means of magic.