Amun-Re in a Crown with Tall Plumes
Description
Object Label: Many deities in the official Egyptian pantheon can be recognized by their headdresses. The Double Crown of the beneficent goddess Mut, whose name means “mother,” characterizes her as a conveyor of kingship and the divine mother of pharaoh. Amun, whose name means “hidden,” is portrayed as a man wearing a tall, plumed crown. When he appears with a solar disk at the base of the crown, he is known as Amun-Re, who possesses both hidden and solar creative powers. When shown in tightly enveloping garb and with an erection, he may be called Amun-Re-Kamutef, associated with fertility and regeneration. An amulet in this virile attitude would have held the promise of eternal rebirth after death. Monthly rebirth is also invoked by the full and crescent moons of Khonsu, the divine heir of Amun and Mut. In popular religion the protection of pregnancy and birth was entrusted to such deities as Taweret and Bes. The appearance of Taweret, “The Great One,” as a pregnant hippopotamus with lion and crocodile features is a dramatic symbol of protective motherhood. The dwarf with a lion’s face and legs likely represents Bes, who was worshipped in the home as a protector of motherhood, birth, and rebirth. Caption: Amun-Re in a Crown with Tall Plumes, ca. 760–656 B.C.E.. Bronze, gold, 7 15/16 x 1 1/2 x 1 7/16 in. (20.2 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.254E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Standing male figure wearing a tall, segmented crown and a gold-striped collar; a small horizontal figure/collar detail is visible on the chest. The object appears to be a bronze statuette with worn surface details.
The image shows a full-length, standing, nude male statuette with arms held close to the sides. The head is crowned with a tall, rectangular crown comprised of closely spaced vertical segments; the crown has a worn metallic surface. The neck and upper chest display a beaded or collar-like element. A necklace/collar is decorated with small yellow/gold-toned highlights. The body is rendered in dark bronze with patinated/worn areas, including loss of surface detail on the head and face. The waist has a wrapped garment/pleated kilt with a diagonal/chevron-like texture. No clear inscription or hieroglyphs are visible on the figure or background, and no Greek/Coptic/Arabic text is present. The tall plume crown type is consistent in general form with catalogued iconography, but specific plume elements or an Amun-Re attribute are not clearly distinguishable in this image.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.254E tier-2
- BKM-Object 3995 tier-2
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