This cast bronze acrobat is missing his left hand, right hand and right forearm but was balanced on his hands with his legs and feet pressed together above him. A life-size marble version of this figure at the British Museum shows the acrobat poised in a handstand over a crocodile.For the latest information about this object, figurines, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
This carved figurine of Amun is seated in a low-backed chair. There is a stele behing the figure. He wears a cap with a hole at the center. His right hand is on his knee, holding the symbol of life; his left hand is open on his knee. He wears a false beard, a gilt collar, arm-bands, bracelets, and the symbol of life.For the latest information about this object, figurines; statuettes, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 18th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
Amun stands with his left foot advanced; his right hand once held a scepter, while his left hand, clenched to his chest, held another attribute. The eyes and eyebrows were inlaid, and the figure may have been gilded.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
Amun stands with his left foot advanced; both arms are down at his side; his right hand held an ankh symbol and his left hand is clenched. His crown bears double plumes and a sun-disc.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
Amun stands with his left foot advanced; his right arm is down at his side, while his left hand is held out, bent at the elbow. His cap has double plumes and a sun-disc.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
This carved sculpture depicts Mut with the crowns of upper and lower Egypt with a uraeus, and Amun with a crown with a uraeus with a hole for the insertion of plumes. Each holds the symbol of life. The right arm of Mut is broken.For the latest information about this object, figurines; statuettes, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: [Label] On old label: 101Reign: Style:
Late Period interest in the past is clearly demonstrated in this work, whose composition, clothing, and poses all recall Old Kingdom and Middle Kingdom works. Details such as the crisp precision of the carving and the presence of personal names date the piece to the Late Period. It shows its owners, Ankh-ef-en-Sekhmet and his wife Hathor-em-hat, to the viewer's left. Their daughter, with close-cropped hair, kneels at center. The three are entertained by a harpist named Psamtik-seneb, who "plays the harp for the good of their spirits everyday." The harpist's name means "may King Psamtik be healthy." The tomb from which this relief came was located in Saqqara, the necropolis (cemetery) of Memphis, an important center for the worship of the goddesses Sakhmet and Hathor, whose names are incorporated into the tomb owners' names.For the latest information about this object, reliefs; sculpture, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: late 26th DynastyInscriptions: Inscriptions above each of the figures identify the person depicted: [Translation] "Priest of Sekhmet of the Acacia Tree, Priest of Ptah: Ankh-ef-en-Sekhmet," "his wife: Hathor-em-hat," "his beloved daughter Ta-(net)-Nefertem," and the harpist and "singer Psamtik-seneb," who is "plucking the harp for your" [i.e. Ankh-ef-en-Sekhmet's] "Ka" (life force) "everyday."Reign: Amasis-Psammetichus III (570-525 BC)Style:
Anubis, the god of embalming and protector of the deceased, is depicted with a man's body, a jackal's head, and long wig. The arms and the tip of the nose were made separately. The figure was likely made for a tomb.For the latest information about this object, statues ; sculpture, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 26th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
The Apis bull is shown with an ornamented saddle-cloth, a winged scarab, and a vulture with spread wings on his back. He wears a sun disc and uraeus to signify his divinity.For the latest information about this object, figurines; statuettes, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Twenty-sixth DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
A scarab with wings is engraved on the bull's neck, and a saddle with two more pairs of wings are engraved on the back.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
This statuette represents a "ba" spirit wearing a sun disc. The "ba," depicted as a human-headed bird, was a spiritual aspect of one's personality.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
This schist ape has inlayed glass eyes and a hole in its head for the insertion of a plume (?). The authenticity of this piece has been questioned.For the latest information about this object, figurines; statuettes, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
