A God's Wife of Amun
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Object Label
This figure's heavy wig bears traces of the vulture headdress with cobra worn by royal women, goddesses, and God's Wives of Amun. Because very few bronzes of God's Wives of Amun are known, identification is difficult. Scholars have attributed the statue to priestesses ranging in date from Shepenwepet I of the Libyan-Egyptian Dynasty XXIII to Shepenwepet II of the Nubian Dynasty XXV. The Dynasty XXIII dating is unlikely.
Caption
A God's Wife of Amun, ca. 760–656 B.C.E.. Bronze, 7 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (19.4 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gifts in memory of Christos G. Bastis and Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 1999.110. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Title
A God's Wife of Amun
Date
ca. 760–656 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 23 to Dynasty 25
Period
Third Intermediate Period
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Bronze
Classification
Dimensions
7 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (19.4 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gifts in memory of Christos G. Bastis and Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
1999.110
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