Statue of a Priest of Amun
- Medium: Diorite
- Place Made: Thebes, Egypt
- Dates: 381-362 B.C.E.
- Dynasty: XXX Dynasty
- Period: Late Period
- Dimensions: 20 1/16 x 6 1/4 x 5 1/2 in. (51 x 15.9 x 14 cm)
- Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor - Accession Number: 52.89
- Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Image: Overall, 52.89_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
The statue of a priest of Amun shown here has an idealizing face in the style of the fourth century B.C. yet wears a Twenty-sixth Dynasty version of an Old Kingdom wig and is based typologically on Twenty-sixth Dynasty sculptures inspired by much earlier works. Despite these archaizing tendencies, it also displays a Thirtieth Dynasty innovation in statuary: the depiction of gods (here Amun, Mut, and Khonsu) on the top of the back pillar. Idealization is equally apparent in the two heads and the small statuette of Hor. The latter has some distinction. It is the earliest reasonably well dated sculpture with an egg-shaped cranium, an artistic detail that became common in the fourth century B.C.
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