Amun-Min-Kamutef

Description Conservation Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description The representation of the mummiform Amun-Min-Kamutef with an erect phallus alludes to his role as a fertility god. His right arm is raised in a gesture of rejoicing. The name Kamutef ("bull of his mother") conveys that the god is both father and son and, therefore, self-created. Instead of the god's usual tall, feathered crown, this statuette (a rare example) depicts the god wearing the crown of Upper (south) Egypt, emphasizing his southern origins.

Conservation

Examined and cleaned in preparation for loan.

Date	Description	Narrative
	Examination	Examined, cleaned
	Treatment	Examined, cleaned.
4/30/1957	Treatment	cleaned
10/10/2008	Treatment	x-ray fluorescence; cleaned; loss compensation; stabilized; other

Exhibitions

Mummified. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008-2013.
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. 2014-2015.

Provenance [Found near Cairo]; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

7th-4th century BC (Late Period)

Medium

bronze, gold
(Metal)

Accession Number

54.2062

Measurements

H with tang: 8 7/16 x W: 2 15/16 x D: 1 15/16 in. (21.5 x 7.4 x 4.9 cm); H without Tang: 7 11/16 x W: 2 15/16 x D: 1 15/16 in. (19.6 x 7.4 x 4.9 cm); H on base: 9 x W: 3 1/16 x D: 2 in. (22.8 x 7.8 x 5.1 cm); Base H: 1 5/16 x W: 1 15/16 x D: 2 in. (3.3 x 5 x 5.1 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View