Amun-Re

Egyptian (Artist)

ca. 945-715 BCE (Third Intermediate Period, 22nd dynasty)

silver with gold plating
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia , Jewelry)

Silver figures such as this one were precious in Ancient Egypt. This small statuette has a loop at the back to be used as a pendant. Amun is displayed with the standard iconography of Amun-Re. He is dressed in a divine kilt, a collar, and a double feather-crown combined with a sun-disk.

Provenance

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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to have been obtained in Lower Egypt, near Zagazig]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

2014-2015	Die Entstehung der Welt. Ägyptens letzter Schöpfungsmythos (The Origin of the World. Egypt’s Last Creation Myth). Roemer- und Pelizaeus- Museum, Hildesheim; Kunsthalle Leoben, Leoben.
2013-2014	Egypt’s Mysterious Book of the Faiyum. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2006-2007	Daily Magic in Ancient Egypt. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2003-2004	Secret Signs: Egyptian Writing. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
2002	Serapis: The Creation of a God. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
1979-1980	Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
11/20/1974	Treatment	cleaned
1/27/1976	Treatment	cleaned
1/22/1980	Treatment	repaired

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Geographies

Egypt, Zagazig (Bubastis) (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 3 3/8 x W: 9/16 x D: 1 3/16 in. (8.6 x 1.5 x 3 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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57.1417

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