Statue
| Object Number: | E14350 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Egypt |
| Period: | New Kingdom Late Eighteenth Dynasty Early Nineteenth Dynasty |
| Date Made: | 1332-1292 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1332 |
| Late Date: | -1292 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Graywacke |
| Iconography: | Amun Ankh |
| Height: | 45.4 cm |
| Width: | 15.23 cm |
| Depth: | 13.33 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Spink & Son, 1926 |
Description
Standing graywacke statue of Amun, preserved from the knees up. Amun wears a short kilt fastened with a tyet amulet, a broad collar. The tall plumes of his crown are missing. In his hands, he holds two ankh symbols.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (1983 - 1991) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (1996 - 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Upper Egyptian Gallery (1991 - 1996) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display (23 Feb 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Amarna: Ancient Egypt\'s Place in the Sun (12 Nov 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Wegner, Jennifer H., and Wegner, Josef W., and Silverman, David P. 2006. Akhenaten and Tutankhamun Revolution and Restoration.. Philadelphia. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 168, 184, fig.151 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 76-77 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Fischer, Henry G. Mar 1956. "Prostrate Figures of Egyptian Kings". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 20. no. 1. pg. 27-42 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 39, fig. 25 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Madeira, Percy C. 1964. Men in Search of Man: The First Seventy-Five Years of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania.. University of Pennsylvania Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 96 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Article] Ranke, Hermann. 1950. "A Guide to the Egyptian Collections". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 15. no. 2-3. pg. 21-109 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 50, fig. 30 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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