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Juvenile God with a Sun Disk
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
Each morning, the sun was reborn into the world, often in the form of a young child like the one represented in this pendant. Here, the sun child wears an elaborate necklace and sun disk with a protective uraeus snake on his head. On the right side of his head, he wears a braided ponytail (part of which is now missing). This "side-lock of youth" was a common hairstyle for children in ancient Egypt.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from the Pyramids]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown]; 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. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| Examination | Examined, cleaned | |
| Treatment | Examined, cleaned | |
| Examination | Examined and cleaned in preparation for exhibition. | |
| Treatment | Examined and cleaned in preparation for exhibition. | |
| 4/30/1957 | Treatment | cleaned |
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 3 5/8 x W: 7/8 x D: 1 7/16 in. (9.2 x 2.3 x 3.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1925
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.1979