Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2006.

Statuette of Amun

Artist Unknown

CultureEgyptian

Date3rd Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21-22, 1069-715 B.C.E.

MediumBronze

DimensionsOverall: 7 in. (17.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number71.2217.19

Collections

Ancient Mediterranean Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 109

DescriptionFigure of Amun striding, left foot forward. Its left arm, stretched ahead, held originally a scepter, while its right arm hangs along the side of the god. The later is dressed with the classical clothes of the gods: a short loin-cloth (shendjit) and a strapped corset with feather pattern. He's wearing a large necklace, bracelets, armlets and anklets, and a cap in which two slides are cut. The legs of the statuette are broken and repaired right under the loin-cloth.;

Label TextStatuette of Amun Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21-22, 1069-715 B.C.E. Bronze Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.2217.19 Associated with the sun god Re, Amun was the protector of royalty and in time became the premier deity in the Egyptian religion. Though this striding figure of Amun has lost its towering feathered crown, its high level of finish-consider the figure's finely worked clothes and jewels-suggests that the original owner was a person of means. It was likely placed in a temple or chapel, possibly in a main city such as Thebes or Memphis, where the cult of Amun was especially strong.