Collections: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art: Relief with Dieties and High Priestess

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Relief with Dieties and High Priestess

The relief on the right depicts the God's Wife of Amun Amunirdis I ,making an offering of Ma'at to the god Amun-Re. Behind Amun-Re stands Khonsu, his son by his chief consort Mut. These three divinities comprise the divine family of the Theban region.

The relief on the left shows Amun-Re and Mut. Because the two scenes are comparable though reversed, it seems likely that Amun-Re and Mut faced another God's Wife of Amun. The shallow sunk relief and the treatment of the faces are typical of Twenty-fifth Dynasty reliefs found on the small chapels in Thebes.

This text refers to these objects: 87.184.1; 87.184.2

• Medium: Sandstone
• Possible Place Made: Karnak, Egypt
• Dates: ca. 710-670 B.C.E.
• Dynasty: late XXV Dynasty
• Period: Third Intermediate Period
• Dimensions: 28 15/16 x 31 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (73.5 x 79 x 4.5 cm)
• Collections: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near 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: 87.184.2
• Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Memorial Fund
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• Caption: Relief with Dieties and High Priestess, ca. 710-670 B.C.E. Sandstone, 28 15/16 x 31 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (73.5 x 79 x 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Memorial Fund, 87.184.2. Creative Commons-BY-NC
• Image: Group, 87.184.1_87.184.2_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Relief with Dieties and High Priestess, ca. 710-670 B.C.E. Sandstone, 28 15/16 x 31 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (73.5 x 79 x 4.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Memorial Fund, 87.184.2. Creative Commons-BY-NC (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 87.184.1_87.184.2_SL1.jpg)