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Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: King Osorkon I

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King Osorkon I

Third Intermediate Period metalworkers often used gold inlays to embellish their sculptures. They first carved a channel that they filled with gold thread. Then they hammered the rounded edge of the gold until it was flush with the bronze. On this statuette, the names of Osorkon I, the images of the gods Re-Horakhty and Thoth, the belt, and the striations of the shendyt-kilt were all produced with gold inlay.

Medium: Bronze, gold
Place Found: Shibin el Qanatir, Egypt
Dates: ca. 924-889 B.C.E.
Dynasty: XXII Dynasty
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dimensions: 5 9/16 x 1 1/2 x 2 in. (14.1 x 3.8 x 5.1 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: 57.92
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Image: 3/4 front right, 57.92_threequarterright_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006

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