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Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Ram-Headed God

664–332 B.C.E.

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Object Label

The Egyptians represented the creator god Khnum with the head of a long-horned ram on a human body. Particular individual rams were treated as deities in life. As incarnations of the god, they were then mummified at death and buried with great ceremony.

Caption

Ram-Headed God, 664–332 B.C.E.. Bronze, 3 1/2 x 1 x 1 3/4 in. (8.9 x 2.5 x 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.682E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer))

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Ram-Headed God

Date

664–332 B.C.E.

Dynasty

Dynasty 26 to Dynasty 30

Period

Late Period

Geography

Place made: Egypt

Medium

Bronze

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

3 1/2 x 1 x 1 3/4 in. (8.9 x 2.5 x 4.4 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

37.682E

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