Statuette of Hathor
- Medium: Bronze, solid-cast, with eyes inlaid with gold and electrum
- Place Made: Memphis, Egypt
- Dates: ca. 664-30 B.C.E. or later
- Period: Late Period-Ptolemaic Period
- Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 2 7/8 in. (19 x 3.7 x 7.3 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: 37.356E
- Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Image: 3/4 front right, 37.356E_threequarter_right_PS1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006
- Catalogue Description: Striding bronze figure of a cow-headed goddess, probably Hathor. The figure strides upon an inscribed rectangular base. She wears a lappet wig crowned with horns, sun-disk, uraeus on sun disk, and tall feathers (only partly preserved) behind disk. Condition: Upper part of feathers and tip of horns missing. Solid cast. Copper brown patina over whole piece. Base chipped and dented.
Individual Egyptian deities could be shown in different guises that communicated various aspects of their complex natures. For example, the goddess Hathor could be depicted as a cow, in human form, in composite cow-human form, and by various symbols. Cow-headed figures of Hathor such as this were particularly popular in the region of the northern Egyptian capital of Memphis.
FAQ


lillie
moriah11
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum