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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.151View 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: 76-77View 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. 25View 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. 96View 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. 30View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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