Princess Sobeknakht Suckling a Prince
- Medium: Copper alloy
- Place Made: Egypt
- Dates: ca. 1700-after 1630 B.C.E.
- Dynasty: XIII Dynasty
- Period: Middle Kingdom-Second Intermediate Period
- Dimensions: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm) Base: 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 3 3/16 in. (0.5 x 7 x 8.1 cm) Conservation Report: 4 x 2 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. (10.2 x 7 x 8.3 cm)
- Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Old Kingdom to 18th Dynasty, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor - Accession Number: 43.137
- Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Image: Overall, 43.137_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Beginning in the Middle Kingdom, craftsmen demonstrated great skill in designing and manufacturing metal statuary. This copper statuette, representing a woman suckling a male child, is considered among the finest of these sculptures. The inscription on the base identifies the subject as the "hereditary noblewoman" Sobeknakht; her fillet and uraeus-cobra show that she is a princess. The figure may have been commissioned to celebrate the birth of a prince, to signal a reigning king's devotion to his mother, or to reflect Sobeknakht's wish for divine help in conceiving a child who would become Egypt's king.
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