A God's Wife of Amun
Description
Object Label: This figure's heavy wig bears traces of the vulture headdress with cobra worn by royal women, goddesses, and God's Wives of Amun. Because very few bronzes of God's Wives of Amun are known, identification is difficult. Scholars have attributed the statue to priestesses ranging in date from Shepenwepet I of the Libyan-Egyptian Dynasty XXIII to Shepenwepet II of the Nubian Dynasty XXV. The Dynasty XXIII dating is unlikely. Caption: A God's Wife of Amun, ca. 760–656 B.C.E.. Bronze, 7 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 1 3/8 in. (19.4 x 5.4 x 3.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gifts in memory of Christos G. Bastis and Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 1999.110. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Bronze statuette of an Egyptian goddess.
The image depicts a bronze statuette of a goddess, identifiable by her headdress and pose. The figure is slender with a long wig, standing in a traditional frontal stance. The artistic style is consistent with ancient Egyptian representations of deities, showcasing typical iconography and proportions.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 1999.110 tier-2
- BKM-Object 4268 tier-2
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