This carved sculpture depicts Mut with the crowns of upper and lower Egypt with a uraeus, and Amun with a crown with a uraeus with a hole for the insertion of plumes. Each holds the symbol of life. The right arm of Mut is broken.For the latest information about this object, figurines; statuettes, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: [Label] On old label: 101Reign: Style:
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.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 26th-30th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
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.
For the latest information about this object, amulets; pendants; figurines, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 22nd DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
Late Period interest in the past is clearly demonstrated in this work, whose composition, clothing, and poses all recall Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom works. Details such as the crisp precision of the carving and the presence of personal names date the piece to the Late Period. It shows its owners, Ankh-ef-en-Sekhmet and his wife Hathor-em-hat, to the viewer's left. Their daughter, with close-cropped hair, kneels at center. The three are entertained by a harpist named Psamtik-seneb, who "plays the harp for the good of their spirits everyday." The harpist's name means "may King Psamtik be healthy." The tomb from which this relief came was located in Saqqara, the necropolis (cemetery) of Memphis, an important center for the worship of the goddesses Sakhmet and Hathor, whose names are incorporated into the tomb owners' names.For the latest information about this object, reliefs; sculpture, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: late 26th DynastyInscriptions: Inscriptions above each of the figures identify the person depicted: [Translation] "Priest of Sekhmet of the Acacia Tree, Priest of Ptah: Ankh-ef-en-Sekhmet," "his wife: Hathor-em-hat," "his beloved daughter Ta-(net)-Nefertem," and the harpist and "singer Psamtik-seneb," who is "plucking the harp for your" [i.e. Ankh-ef-en-Sekhmet's] "Ka" (life force) "everyday."Reign: Amasis-Psammetichus III (570-525 BC)Style:
This amulet is the head of a jackal. He holds a whip and crook, and is kneeling with snakes before his knees. He has the tail of a bird.For the latest information about this object, amulets; pendants; amulet-pendants, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
Anubis, the god of embalming and protector of the deceased, is depicted with a man's body, a jackal's head, and long wig. The arms and the tip of the nose were made separately. The figure was likely made for a tomb.For the latest information about this object, statues ; sculpture, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 26th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
A cast silver pendant representing the holy Apis bull, who wears a sun disk with "uraeus" between his horns. Incised lines mark the characteristic triangle on the forehead, wide necklaces and saddle cloth. The bull stands on a kind of sled, which divides in two and turns up in front. The combination of the bull with a sled indicates that the statue of the holy Apis bull is represented and not the divine living bull itself. There is a loop behind the neck to use the statuette as a pendant. The surface of the metal has deteriorated. The right rear leg is broken off and the fore legs both have a crack which goes through the whole material.For the latest information about this object, amulets; pendants; amulet-pendants, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 13th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
This well modeled bull of pale green faience has a rib cage and mane indicated by an incision. The horns and probably the disk which marked him as the holy Apis bull have broken off. Suspension loop on the back.For the latest information about this object, pendants; amulets; figurines, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 26th-30th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
Apis, a bull, was a living manifestation of the creator-god Ptah and closely related to the rituals for the king. Apis was associated with divine resurrection and the protection of the king. A living bull was selected by the priests of Ptah at Memphis, the center of the cult, and was worshiped in connection with royal coronations and funerary rituals. The image shows the bull crowned with a sun disk (associating him with the sun-god Re) and the Uraeus, the sacred cobra (a symbol of kingship). He is also adorned with a collar around the neck and an elaborate cloth on his back, two elements which are characteristic for the Apis bull.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 26th-27th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
The Apis bull is shown with an ornamented saddle-cloth, a winged scarab, and a vulture with spread wings on his back. He wears a sun disc and uraeus to signify his divinity.For the latest information about this object, figurines; statuettes, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Twenty-sixth DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
A scarab with wings is engraved on the bull's neck, and a saddle with two more pairs of wings are engraved on the back.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
This object may have been attached to a faience vessel. The rather frightening appearance of the head is similar to representations of the Egyptian dwarf-god Bes or Greek satyrs.For the latest information about this object, appliqué (visual works), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style: