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Creative Commons License
Creative Commons License
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Amun-Re
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
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
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. 2002. |
| 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 |
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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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.1417