New Kingdom | Late Eighteenth Dynasty | Early Nineteenth Dynasty
Date Made
1332-1292 BCE
Section
Egyptian
Materials
Graywacke
Iconography
Amun | Ankh
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.
Silverman, David P., Josef W. Wegner, and Jennifer H. Wegner. Akhenaten and Tutankhamun Revolution and Restoration. Philadelphia: 2006. Page/Fig./Plate: 168, 184, fig.151
Silverman, David P. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Cornell University Press, 1997. Page/Fig./Plate: 76-77
Madeira, Percy C. Men in Search of Man: The First Seventy-Five Years of the University Museum of the University of Pennsylvania. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1964. See: p. 96
