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Khnum

Egyptian (Artist)
ca. 300 BCE (?) (Ptolemaic)
cast bronze and gold
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )

Ram-headed Khnum stands with his right hand at his side holding an ankh symbol (broken off) and his left hand forward holding a long staff (partially broken).His atef crown is topped by the sun disc. He also wears a royal kilt, an engraved collar, and a long wig. His eyes are inlaid.

Inscription

[On the front of the base] Khnum, give life, health, and high age, a long and good age (to) Hor, son of Khnum-em-tenr (?)

Provenance
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Dikran Kelekian [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 6869, said to be from Mit Rahina (Memphis), Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1995 The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
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Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Measurements

H: 7 5/8 in. (19.3 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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54.411

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