A God's Wife of Amun
ca. 760-656 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
This figure's heavy wig bears traces of the vulture headdress with cobra worn by royal women, goddesses, and God's Wives of Amun. Because very few bronzes of God's Wives of Amun are known, identification is difficult. Scholars have attributed the statue to priestesses ranging in date from Shepenwepet I of the Libyan-Egyptian Dynasty XXIII to Shepenwepet II of the Nubian Dynasty XXV. The Dynasty XXIII dating is unlikely.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Locations
- Place made: Egypt
- Dynasty
- Dynasty 23 to Dynasty 25
- Dimensions
- 7 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (19.4 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm)
- Accession Number
- 1999.110
- Credit Line
- Gifts in memory of Christos G. Bastis and Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
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