Priest with Divine Standards
Description
Object Label: To the right of the central figure of a priest is the standard of a human-headed god wearing a crown with horns and double plumes, perhaps Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. To the left is the standard of the lion-headed goddess Sakhmet, who sports a solar disk. These standards are indications of privilege representing the king's essential life force, known as his ka. They enabled the bearer to hear prayers and to forward them to the gods. Such standard-bearing sculptures were popular in Dynasty XIX, and this fragment can be dated to that time by the type of wig the priest wears and by his downward-slanting, almond-shaped eyes. Most comparable sculptures, however, bear only one standard, usually the ram-headed god Amun. Caption: Priest with Divine Standards, ca. 1295–1185 B.C.E.. Stone, 5 1/2 x 7 5/16 x 4 1/8 in. (14 x 18.5 x 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 71.37.1. (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.
A carved stone fragment depicting three stylized heads.
The artifact is a stone carving featuring three distinct faces, crafted with simplistic detailing typical of ancient Egyptian relief work. The central face is more prominent and displays a serene expression, likely representing a deity or important figure. The two flanking faces are less detailed, possibly representing attendants or additional deities. The stone shows signs of weathering but retains its overall shape and some details.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 71.37.1 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3800 tier-2
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