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Creator: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Egyptian Artca. 700 B.C.

Artwork Details

Title	Head of a goddess, probably Mut, for attachment to a processional barque (?)
Medium	Cupreous alloy, gold leaf, formerly inlaid
Dimensions	H. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in); H. of face (forehead to chin) 5.2 cm (2 in); H. of modius 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in); depth 14 cm total (5 1/2 in) including 2.5 cm (1 in) of perpendicular attachment element extending beyond headdress
Department	Egyptian Art
Date	ca. 700 B.C.
Credit Line	Purchase, Liana Weindling Gift, in memory of her mother, 2008
Object Page	View at The Met

Cultural Origin

Dynasty	Dynasty 25
Period	Third Intermediate Period–Kushite Period
Date Range	700 BC

Provenance

Country

Egypt

From the Dynasty 25 era

ca. 760–747 B.C.Scarab Inscribed With the Cartouches of Kashta and Amenirdis

ca. 760–747 B.C.Heart Scarab with the Cartouche of Amenirdis

ca. 750–664 B.C.Small Magical Stela with Shed dedicated by Nesamenemopet…

ca. 740–700 B.C.Funerary Cone Naming a Butler of the God's Hand Amenirdis…

ca. 722–706 B.C.Statuette of Neith with the name of Shabaqo

ca. 712–664 B.C.Dummy canopic jar with baboon head (Hapy)

ca. 713–664 B.C.Kushite Pharaoh

Data Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Open Access · Object 587591