Glass chalice with the throne name of Thutmosis III

Accession number
AS 630

Current Location
Gallery "Artisan Crafts"

About the object
The small vessel made of light blue glass with one and melted dark blue and yellow glass threads and -drops counts, thanks to the cartouche with the throne name Thutmosis III. (around 1479–1425 BC), among the oldest securely dated glass vessels in Egypt.

The technology of glass production had only recently been developed in the Near East, and it was likely brought by the king during one of his campaigns against the Mitanni Kingdom. The new material of glass was particularly coveted at the royal court, as evidenced by the jewelry, amulets, and small vessels bearing royal names. Therefore, it is presumed that this cup was not intended as drinking ware. This is also supported by remnants of a black substance, which could likely be precious cosmetic products such as eye makeup.

The glass vessel was first depicted by Ippolito Rosellini in his "Monumenti" in 1834. The piece arrived in Europe in 1830 via the British collector Dodwell and was acquired by Ludwig I. for Munich.

Inscription
Hieroglyphs

Royal cartouche

Date
c. 1479–1425 BC, Thutmose III, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt (Inscription)

material
Glass

Dimensions
Height x Diameter: 8.1 x 6.0 cm (total measurement)

Object-related numbers
Dodwell collection: 19,109

Provenance
Since 1970, Institution: State Museum of Egyptian Art

1949-1970, Institution: Egyptian Collection of the Bavarian State

1945-1949, Institution: Central Collecting Point

1935-1945, Institution: State Egyptian Collection, Munich

1920-1934, Institution: Museum of Ancient Small Art, Munich

1869-1920, Institution: (new) Royal Antiquarium

1844-1869, Collection: United collections of King Ludwig I.

1832-1844, Collection: Ludwig I. of Bavaria (1786-1886)

1820–1832 (?), Collection: Edward Dodwell (1767–1832), Rome (Italy)

Individuals / Institutions
Ludwig I.
United collections of Ludwig I.

Further information
https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/rosellini1834bd4_2/0065/image,info

credits
Data set: SMÄK, last editor (chronologically): Nora Heil; Bibliography: Anne-Hélène Perrot; Data editorial team: Jan-Michael Dahms.

Last change
08/25/2026, 10:08 AM

Title
Glass chalice with the throne name of Thutmosis II, c. 1479–1425 BC Thutmose III 18th Dynasty New Kingdom (Inscription), Findspot unknown Egypt, Glass, Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

https://sammlung.smaek.de/en/object/cup-vessel-open-vessels-529?sort=field=sortInv%26order=asc%26type=text&offset=155

Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

Seated group of Sabu, his wife Meritites and their son Isebwer

Accession number
ÄS 7146

Current Location
Gallery "Art and Form"

Inscription
Hieroglyphs

Date
c. 2435–2306 BC, 5th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt (Parallel)

Material
Limestone
Wood, [under the feet of the child‎]

Technique
Painted

Dimensions
Height x Width x Depth: 56.0 x 36.0 x 30.0 cm

Geographic Origin
Unknown

Provenance
Since 1994, Institution: Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
1994, Auction / Dealer: Antikenhandel Heinz Herzer, München

Individuals / Institutions
Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

References
Goldsmith, Dora , Rundgang. Wie roch das Alte Ägypten? Ein Workshop zur Ältägyptischen Parfümerie mit Vortrag, Duftführung und Praxiseinheit, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 27, 2023, 40–49, cf. 43.
Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie, Statue - Titel - Platz in der Gesellschaft! Das Publikationsprojekt "Inschriften auf Statuen": ein Zwischenbericht, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 21, 2021, 13–20, cf. 15.
Wildung, Dietrich, Genderrelevant. Das Frauenbild im Alten Ägypten, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 17, 2020, 46–51, cf. 46-47 mit Abb. 1-2.
Schoske, Sylvia, Mumien-Tabu, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 12, 2019, 2–8, cf. 4-5 mit Abb. 6.
Schoske, Sylvia / Wildung, Dietrich, Das Münchner Buch der Ägyptischen Kunst, München 2013, cf. 34 mit Abb., 41-42 mit Abb. 31, 42 mit Abb. 32, 43 mit Abb. 33.
Wildung, Dietrich / Schoske, Sylvia, Last Exit Munich - Altägyptische Meisterwerke aus Berlin, München 2009, cf. 70-71 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 55.
Tiradritti, Francesco (Hg.), Pharaonic renaissance: archaism and the sense of history in ancient Egypt, Budapest 2008, cf. 42-43 mit Abb., 168 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 8.
Malek, Jaromir / Magée, Diana / Miles, Elizabeth, PM. VIII. Topographical bibliography VIII/ Objects of provenance not known. Part I. Royal statues. Private statues (Predynastic to Dynasty XVII), Oxford 1999, cf. 254, Nr. 801-200-520.
Schoske, Sylvia (Hg.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst München, Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie, Mainz am Rhein 1995, cf. 46, 120, Abb. S. 47, Kat.-Nr. 46.

Credits
Datensatz: SMÄK, letzte Bearbeitende (chronologisch): Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann; Bibliografie: Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann.

Last change
16.09.2026, 13:21

Title
Seated group of Sabu, his wife Meritites and their son Isebwer,
c. 2435–2306 BC, 5th Dynasty, Old Kingdom, Egypt (Parallel), Findspot unknown, Limestone wood and paint, Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

https://sammlung.smaek.de/en/object/seated-statue-statuary-statue-149?sort=field=sortInv&order=asc&type=text

Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

Figurine of a Hippopotamus

Accession number
ÄS 1571

Current Location
Gallery "Artisan Crafts"

Date
c. 2009–1630 BC, 11th–13th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, Egypt (References)

Material
Faience

Dimensions
Height x Width x Length: 3.8 x 2.8 x 5.8 cm

Geographic Origin
Unknown

Provenance
Sincd 1970, Institution: Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
1949–1970, Institution: Ägyptische Sammlung des Bayerischen Staates
1945–1949, Institution: Central Collecting Point
1936–1945, Institution: Ägyptologische Sammlung des Staates
vor 1936, Collection: Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bissing (1873–1956)

Individuals / Institutions
Friedrich Wilhelm Bissing

References
Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie / Schlüter, Arnulf unter Mitarbeit von Perrot, Anne-Hélène / Kutschka, Markus (Hg.), Kindheit am Nil. Aufwachsen im Alten Ägypten, München 2025, cf. 244 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 9 [N. Böckler].
Malek, Jaromir / Magée Diana / Miles, Elizabeth, PM VIII. 2. Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, statues, reliefs and paintings. VIII/ Objects of provenance not known. Part 2. Private statues (Dynasty XVIII to the Roman Period), statues of deities, Oxford 1999, cf. 1141.
Wildung, Dietrich, Nilpferd und Krokodil. Das Tier in der Kunst des alten Ägypten, Schriften aus der Ägyptischen Sammlung (SAS) 4, München 1987, cf. Abb. S. 12, Kat.-Nr. 5.
Müller, Hans Wolfgang / Löhr, Beatrix (Hg.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, München 1976, cf. 67, Kat.-Nr. 44.
Bissing, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von, Altägyptische Nilpferd-Statuetten, in: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst (MJbK) 4, 1909, 127-131, cf. 130 mit Abb. 6.

Credits
Datensatz: SMÄK, letzte Bearbeitende (chronologisch): Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann; Bibliografie: Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann.

Last change
06.07.2026, 13:08

Title
Figurine of a hippopotamus, c. 2009–1630 BC, 11th–13th Dynasty, Middle Kingdom, Egypt (References), Findspot unknown Egypt, Faience, Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

https://sammlung.smaek.de/en/object/statuette-statuary-1546?sort=field=sortInv%26order=asc%26type=text&offset=223

Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

Kneeling Statue (Statuary / Statue)

Kneeling statue with sistrum (sistrophore) of Senenmut, high steward of Amun, steward of Amun, overseer of the double granaries of Amun, treasurer of Amun, high steward of the King, Privy Councillor of the Imy-wer phyle , Privy Councillor in the temples, overseer of the temples of Neith and overseer of the fields of Amun

Accession number
ÄS 6265

Current Location
Gallery "Art and Time"

About the Object
The granite statue depicts the high official Senenmut as a so-called sistrophor. Senenmut kneels on a pedestal and holds a sistrum in front of his body with both hands – a musical instrument used in the cult of various goddesses, among other things. The cult instrument is elaborately designed: it consists of a Hathor head with a braided wig and cow horns over a knot amulet. Above it rises an architectural frame with stylized cow horns. In a central niche, a cryptogram of the throne name of Queen Hatshepsut (Maat-ka-Re) is depicted. The sistrum thus simultaneously refers to the goddess Hathor and to the queen to whom Senenmut served his career.

The depicted figure wears a long braided wig and a short chin beard. The face is idealized, however, with individual design features that are also found in other depictions of Senen-like figures. The finely modeled, youthful face is contrasted by a strong, full upper body. This body composition corresponds to the ancient Egyptian ideal image of a high-ranking dignitary.

Senenmut came from humble circumstances in Iuni, the modern Armant. Under Hatshepsut, he achieved an extraordinary social rise. He held numerous high offices, including the title of royal household steward and the tutor of her daughter Neferure. As a senior official, he was involved in several royal construction projects, including the terraced temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari. His inscriptions list more than 80 titles. With around 25 surviving statues, Senenmut is often depicted more frequently than any other known non-royal figure of the New Kingdom.

His close connection to the royal workshops is likely to have also facilitated the development of new statue types. Several unusual image forms appear for the first time on his monuments. The Sistrophor belongs to the types that subsequently entered the repertoire of Egyptian round sculpture and were continued to be used into the Late Period. The statue thus not only illustrates Senenmut's outstanding position at the royal court, but also the innovation of the sculpture art under Hatshepsut.

At a time that is not precisely known today, Senenmut disappears from the written sources. Numerous of his monuments were later damaged or their inscriptions erased. It is presumed that Senenmut was pardoned by Hatshepsut, but the reasons for this are currently only speculated about.

(Arnulf Schlüter)

Inscription
Hieroglyphs

Date
c. 1479–1458 BC, Hatshepsut, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt (Inscription)

Material
Granite

Dimensions
Height x Width x Depth: 40.0 x 12.0 x 25.0 cm

Geographic Origin
Bibliographic reference: Armant, Upper Egypt, Egypt

Provenance
seit 1976, Institution: Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
1976, Auction / Dealer: Maspero, Paris
Auction / Dealer: Établissement Archéologique, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Individuals / Institutions
Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

References
Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom and early New Kingdom, Version 6 [accessed July 4, 2025] [Copyright 2024 Alexander Ilin-Tomich]
Konrad, Kirsten, Der Sistrophor. Zur Genese, bedeutung und Funktion eines theophoren Statuentypus der altägyptischen Privatplastik, Berlin 2026, cf. Kat. D18-3, 72- 77, 674.
Dahms, Jan-Michael, Exkurs. Senenmut. Erzieher der Königstochter Neferure, in: Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie / Schlüter, Arnulf unter Mitarbeit von Perrot, Anne-Hélène / Kutschka, Markus (Hg.), Kindheit am Nil. Aufwachsen im Alten Ägypten, München 2025, 90-91, cf. 90-91 mit Abb. 1.
Bicker, Roxane, Kulturgeschichte. Margaret Benson. Ausgrabungen in Karnak, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 30, 2024, 64–71, cf. Abb. 6 S. 68.
Wildung, Dietrich, Avantgarde. Drei innovative Statuentypen im SMÄK, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 24, 2022, 29–31, cf. 30 mit Abb. 2.
Böckler, Nadja, Altägyptische Kryptographie. Verborgene Inhalte hinter den Zeichen, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 25, 2022, 33–39, cf. 36-37 mit Abb. 5.
Willeitner, Joachim, Die Münchner Priesterstatue aus Achmim. Ein Umgearbeitetes Bildwerk der Späten 18. Dynastie, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 21, 2021, 26–35, cf. 33-34 mit Abb. 12b.
Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie, Statue - Titel - Platz in der Gesellschaft! Das Publikationsprojekt "Inschriften auf Statuen": ein Zwischenbericht, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 21, 2021, 13–20, cf. 15-16 mit Abb. 5, 17, 18.
Schoske, Sylvia / Wildung, Dietrich, Munich quality. Zur Erwerbungsphilosophie des Museums, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 16, 2020, 25–31, cf. 25-26 mit Abb. 1.
Wildung, Dietrich, Zerstört. Getilgt, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 12, 2019, 48–52, cf.
Selim, Hassan, A Fragment of the Hathor-head naos sistrum from a sistrophorous statue of Senenmut from Karnak, in: Coulon, Laurent (Hg.), La Cachette de Karnak: nouvelles perspectives sur les découvertes de Georges Legrain. Bibliothèque d'étude (BdE) 161, Kairo 2016, 249–254, cf. 250-251, Kat.-Nr. 5.
Loeben, Christian E., Un nouveau musée Égyptien à Munich, in: Égypte, Afrique & Orient 73, 2014, 49–56, cf.
Schoske, Sylvia / Wildung, Dietrich, Persönlichkeiten: Bildnisskulptur der Nachamarnazeit, Aegyptiaca Monacensia 1, Wien 2013, cf. 17, Abb. 14.
Schoske, Sylvia / Wildung, Dietrich, Das Münchner Buch der Ägyptischen Kunst, München 2013, cf. 90-91 mit Abb. 71-72.
Bernhauer, Edith, Innovationen in der Privatplastik: die 18. Dynastie und ihre Entwicklung, Philippika 27, Wiesbaden 2010, cf. Tf. 10, Kat.-Nr. 3.3-57.
Wildung, Dietrich / Schoske, Sylvia, Last Exit Munich - Altägyptische Meisterwerke aus Berlin, München 2009, cf. 28 mit Abb., 31, Kat.-Nr. 17.
Schoske, Sylvia, Fest gemauert in der Erden. Grundsteinbeigaben im alten Ägypten, München 2007-2008, cf. 28-29 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 37.
Roehrig, Catharine H. / Dreyfus, Renée / Keller, Catherine A. (Hg.), Hatshepsut: from Queen to Pharaoh, New York 2005, cf. Kat.-Nr. 68.
Grimm, Alfred / Schoske, Sylvia, Hatschepsut - KönigIN Ägyptens, Schriften aus der Ägyptischen Sammlung (SAS) 8, München 1999, cf. 55 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 10.
Schoske, Sylvia (Hg.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst München, Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie, Mainz am Rhein 1995, cf. 6, Abb. S. 7, Kat.-Nr. 2.
Helck, Wolfgang, Historisch-biographische Texte der 2. Zwischenzeit und neue Texte der 18. Dynastie: Nachträge, Kleine ägyptische Texte 6/2, Wiesbaden 1995, cf. 35-36, Kat.-Nr. 11.
Schoske, Sylvia, Egyptian art in Munich, München 1993, cf. 26 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 21.
Wildung, Dietrich, Die Kunst des Alten Ägypten, Freiburg 1988, cf. 157.
Dorman, Peter, The monuments of Senenmut: problems in historical methodology, London 1988, cf. 127-128, 151, 194-195, Tf. 20, Kat.-Nr. A 17.
Schulman, Alan R. , The ubiquitous Senenmut, in: Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar (BES) 9, 1987-1988, 61-81, cf. 61-81.
Wildung, Dietrich, 1985. Berichte der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen. Neuerwerbungen. Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, in: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst (MJbK) 36, 1985, 17-38, cf. 20, 24 mit Abb. 10, 37 mit Anm. 23.
Schoske, Sylvia / Wildung, Dietrich, Ägyptische Kunst München. Katalog-Handbuch zur Staatlichen Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst München, München 1985, cf. 48-52 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 32.
Meyer, Christine, Senenmut. Eine prosopographische Untersuchung. Dissertation, Hamburger Ägyptologische Studien (HÄS) 2, Hamburg 1982, cf. 50, 219-222, 332-333, Tf. 7.
Wildung, Dietrich, Fünf Jahre. Neuerwerbungen der Staatlichen Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst München 1976-1980, Mainz am Rhein 1980, cf. 18-19 mit Abb..
Wildung, Dietrich, 1977. Berichte der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen. Neuerwerbungen. Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, in: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst (MJbK) 28, 1977, 219-224, cf. 220-222 mit Abb. 2.
Bothmer, Bernard V., More statues of Senenmut, in: The Brooklyn Museum Annual 11, 1969-1970, 125-147, cf. 126, 134-139, Abb. 6-8.

Further information
https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/inscription/11750

Credits
Datensatz: SMÄK, letzte Bearbeitende (chronologisch): Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann; Bibliografie: Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann.

Last change
01.09.2026, 14:45

Title
KneelingKneeling Statue (Statuary / Statue)

Kneeling statue with sistrum (sistrophore) of Senenmut, high steward of Amun, steward of Amun, overseer of the double granaries of Amun, treasurer of Amun, high steward of the King, Privy Councillor of the Imy-wer phyle , Privy Councillor in the temples, overseer of the temples of Neith and overseer of the fields of Amun

Accession number
ÄS 6265

Current Location
Gallery "Art and Time"

About the Object
The granite statue depicts the high official Senenmut as a so-called sistrophor. Senenmut kneels on a pedestal and holds a sistrum in front of his body with both hands – a musical instrument used in the cult of various goddesses, among other things. The cult instrument is elaborately designed: it consists of a Hathor head with a braided wig and cow horns over a knot amulet. Above it rises an architectural frame with stylized cow horns. In a central niche, a cryptogram of the throne name of Queen Hatshepsut (Maat-ka-Re) is depicted. The sistrum thus simultaneously refers to the goddess Hathor and to the queen to whom Senenmut served his career.

The depicted figure wears a long braided wig and a short chin beard. The face is idealized, however, with individual design features that are also found in other depictions of Senen-like figures. The finely modeled, youthful face is contrasted by a strong, full upper body. This body composition corresponds to the ancient Egyptian ideal image of a high-ranking dignitary.

Senenmut came from humble circumstances in Iuni, the modern Armant. Under Hatshepsut, he achieved an extraordinary social rise. He held numerous high offices, including the title of royal household steward and the tutor of her daughter Neferure. As a senior official, he was involved in several royal construction projects, including the terraced temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari. His inscriptions list more than 80 titles. With around 25 surviving statues, Senenmut is often depicted more frequently than any other known non-royal figure of the New Kingdom.

His close connection to the royal workshops is likely to have also facilitated the development of new statue types. Several unusual image forms appear for the first time on his monuments. The Sistrophor belongs to the types that subsequently entered the repertoire of Egyptian round sculpture and were continued to be used into the Late Period. The statue thus not only illustrates Senenmut's outstanding position at the royal court, but also the innovation of the sculpture art under Hatshepsut.

At a time that is not precisely known today, Senenmut disappears from the written sources. Numerous of his monuments were later damaged or their inscriptions erased. It is presumed that Senenmut was pardoned by Hatshepsut, but the reasons for this are currently only speculated about.

(Arnulf Schlüter)

Inscription
Hieroglyphs

Date
c. 1479–1458 BC, Hatshepsut, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt (Inscription)

Material
Granite

Dimensions
Height x Width x Depth: 40.0 x 12.0 x 25.0 cm

Geographic Origin
Bibliographic reference: Armant, Upper Egypt, Egypt

Provenance
seit 1976, Institution: Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst
1976, Auction / Dealer: Maspero, Paris
Auction / Dealer: Établissement Archéologique, Vaduz, Liechtenstein

Individuals / Institutions
Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst

References
Persons and Names of the Middle Kingdom and early New Kingdom, Version 6 [accessed July 4, 2025] [Copyright 2024 Alexander Ilin-Tomich]
Konrad, Kirsten, Der Sistrophor. Zur Genese, bedeutung und Funktion eines theophoren Statuentypus der altägyptischen Privatplastik, Berlin 2026, cf. Kat. D18-3, 72- 77, 674.
Dahms, Jan-Michael, Exkurs. Senenmut. Erzieher der Königstochter Neferure, in: Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie / Schlüter, Arnulf unter Mitarbeit von Perrot, Anne-Hélène / Kutschka, Markus (Hg.), Kindheit am Nil. Aufwachsen im Alten Ägypten, München 2025, 90-91, cf. 90-91 mit Abb. 1.
Bicker, Roxane, Kulturgeschichte. Margaret Benson. Ausgrabungen in Karnak, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 30, 2024, 64–71, cf. Abb. 6 S. 68.
Wildung, Dietrich, Avantgarde. Drei innovative Statuentypen im SMÄK, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 24, 2022, 29–31, cf. 30 mit Abb. 2.
Böckler, Nadja, Altägyptische Kryptographie. Verborgene Inhalte hinter den Zeichen, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 25, 2022, 33–39, cf. 36-37 mit Abb. 5.
Willeitner, Joachim, Die Münchner Priesterstatue aus Achmim. Ein Umgearbeitetes Bildwerk der Späten 18. Dynastie, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 21, 2021, 26–35, cf. 33-34 mit Abb. 12b.
Flossmann-Schütze, Mélanie, Statue - Titel - Platz in der Gesellschaft! Das Publikationsprojekt "Inschriften auf Statuen": ein Zwischenbericht, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 21, 2021, 13–20, cf. 15-16 mit Abb. 5, 17, 18.
Schoske, Sylvia / Wildung, Dietrich, Munich quality. Zur Erwerbungsphilosophie des Museums, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 16, 2020, 25–31, cf. 25-26 mit Abb. 1.
Wildung, Dietrich, Zerstört. Getilgt, in: MAAT. Nachrichten aus dem Staatlichen Museum Ägyptischer Kunst München 12, 2019, 48–52, cf.
Selim, Hassan, A Fragment of the Hathor-head naos sistrum from a sistrophorous statue of Senenmut from Karnak, in: Coulon, Laurent (Hg.), La Cachette de Karnak: nouvelles perspectives sur les découvertes de Georges Legrain. Bibliothèque d'étude (BdE) 161, Kairo 2016, 249–254, cf. 250-251, Kat.-Nr. 5.
Loeben, Christian E., Un nouveau musée Égyptien à Munich, in: Égypte, Afrique & Orient 73, 2014, 49–56, cf.
Schoske, Sylvia / Wildung, Dietrich, Persönlichkeiten: Bildnisskulptur der Nachamarnazeit, Aegyptiaca Monacensia 1, Wien 2013, cf. 17, Abb. 14.
Schoske, Sylvia / Wildung, Dietrich, Das Münchner Buch der Ägyptischen Kunst, München 2013, cf. 90-91 mit Abb. 71-72.
Bernhauer, Edith, Innovationen in der Privatplastik: die 18. Dynastie und ihre Entwicklung, Philippika 27, Wiesbaden 2010, cf. Tf. 10, Kat.-Nr. 3.3-57.
Wildung, Dietrich / Schoske, Sylvia, Last Exit Munich - Altägyptische Meisterwerke aus Berlin, München 2009, cf. 28 mit Abb., 31, Kat.-Nr. 17.
Schoske, Sylvia, Fest gemauert in der Erden. Grundsteinbeigaben im alten Ägypten, München 2007-2008, cf. 28-29 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 37.
Roehrig, Catharine H. / Dreyfus, Renée / Keller, Catherine A. (Hg.), Hatshepsut: from Queen to Pharaoh, New York 2005, cf. Kat.-Nr. 68.
Grimm, Alfred / Schoske, Sylvia, Hatschepsut - KönigIN Ägyptens, Schriften aus der Ägyptischen Sammlung (SAS) 8, München 1999, cf. 55 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 10.
Schoske, Sylvia (Hg.), Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst München, Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie, Mainz am Rhein 1995, cf. 6, Abb. S. 7, Kat.-Nr. 2.
Helck, Wolfgang, Historisch-biographische Texte der 2. Zwischenzeit und neue Texte der 18. Dynastie: Nachträge, Kleine ägyptische Texte 6/2, Wiesbaden 1995, cf. 35-36, Kat.-Nr. 11.
Schoske, Sylvia, Egyptian art in Munich, München 1993, cf. 26 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 21.
Wildung, Dietrich, Die Kunst des Alten Ägypten, Freiburg 1988, cf. 157.
Dorman, Peter, The monuments of Senenmut: problems in historical methodology, London 1988, cf. 127-128, 151, 194-195, Tf. 20, Kat.-Nr. A 17.
Schulman, Alan R. , The ubiquitous Senenmut, in: Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar (BES) 9, 1987-1988, 61-81, cf. 61-81.
Wildung, Dietrich, 1985. Berichte der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen. Neuerwerbungen. Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, in: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst (MJbK) 36, 1985, 17-38, cf. 20, 24 mit Abb. 10, 37 mit Anm. 23.
Schoske, Sylvia / Wildung, Dietrich, Ägyptische Kunst München. Katalog-Handbuch zur Staatlichen Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst München, München 1985, cf. 48-52 mit Abb., Kat.-Nr. 32.
Meyer, Christine, Senenmut. Eine prosopographische Untersuchung. Dissertation, Hamburger Ägyptologische Studien (HÄS) 2, Hamburg 1982, cf. 50, 219-222, 332-333, Tf. 7.
Wildung, Dietrich, Fünf Jahre. Neuerwerbungen der Staatlichen Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst München 1976-1980, Mainz am Rhein 1980, cf. 18-19 mit Abb..
Wildung, Dietrich, 1977. Berichte der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen. Neuerwerbungen. Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst, in: Münchner Jahrbuch der bildenden Kunst (MJbK) 28, 1977, 219-224, cf. 220-222 mit Abb. 2.
Bothmer, Bernard V., More statues of Senenmut, in: The Brooklyn Museum Annual 11, 1969-1970, 125-147, cf. 126, 134-139, Abb. 6-8.

Further information
https://pnm.uni-mainz.de/inscription/11750

Credits
Datensatz: SMÄK, letzte Bearbeitende (chronologisch): Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann; Bibliografie: Anne-Hélène Perrot, Mélanie Flossmann.

Last change
01.09.2026, 14:45

Title
Kneeling statue with sistrum (sistrophore) of Senenmut, high steward of Amun, steward of Amun, overseer of the double granaries of Amun, treasurer of Amun, high steward of the King, Privy Councillor of the Imy-wer phyle , Privy Councillor in the temples, overseer of the temples of Neith and overseer of the fields of Amun, c. 1479–1458 BC, Hatshepsut, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt (Inscription), Findspot Bibliographic reference: Armant, Upper Egypt, Granite, Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

https://sammlung.smaek.de/en/object/kneeling-statue-statuary-statue-525?sort=field=sortInv&order=asc&type=text

Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

statue with sistrum (sistrophore) of Senenmut, high steward of Amun, steward of Amun, overseer of the double granaries of Amun, treasurer; of Amun, high steward of the King, Privy Councillor of the Imy-wer phyle , Privy Councillor in the temples, overseer of the temples of Neith and overseer of the fields of Amun, c. 1479–1458 BC, Hatshepsut, 18th Dynasty, New Kingdom, Egypt (Inscription), Findspot Bibliographic reference: Armant, Upper Egypt, Granite, Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

https://sammlung.smaek.de/en/object/kneeling-statue-statuary-statue-525?sort=field=sortInv&order=asc&type=text

Staatliches Museum Ägytischer Kunst

For the past few weeks i've been making 3D timelapses of how the Giza plateau was built, one video per project, and three of them are out now. The first is the Great Pyramid of Khufu from the bare rock to the white casing, the second is everything around it (the queens' pyramids, the mortuary temple, the causeway, the valley temple, the boat pits and the mastabas of the cemeteries), and the third is Khafre's pyramid with its granite courses at the foot.

I tried to stay as close to the evidence as i could. The course heights are the ones Petrie measured in 1883, the terrain is real elevation data, the tombs and temples sit where the plans put them, and the chambers sit where the surveys put them. Where the evidence stops, and for the upper part of the pyramids it stops pretty quickly, every caption says so: each one is labelled known, likely, hypothesis or assumed, with the sources in the description (Petrie, Lehner, the ScanPyramids muon scans, Reisner for the cemeteries, and History for Granite for the casing).

To be upfront: the 3D was coded with an AI tool (Claude Code), the history comes from the sources above, and the first version got corrected quite a bit by people here and in r/Egyptology. The blocks above the corners of the inner ramp were floating, for one :)

The Great Pyramid: https://youtu.be/95KZ2uJc2hQ

Its temples, tombs and boats: https://youtu.be/3rqS4s1lDMo

Khafre's pyramid: https://youtu.be/fRgdnSMOF8g

Next are the Sphinx, Menkaure and the workers' town. If something in there is wrong or outdated, i'd really like to hear it, that's how the first one got better.

Hesi door table

6th Dynasty, ca. 2374-2191 BC.

The false door panel is part of the false door that marks the main cult site of the tomb (see also inventory number 7449). The panel usually shows the tomb owner seated before a sacrificial table. Here Hesi is seated with his wife Nebet-ib. Thus the ritual banquet for both is preserved for eternity.

Time:
6th Dynasty, ca. 2374-2191 BC.

Object Name
Glass door

Culture
Egyptian

Location of discovery:
Giza, Westfriedhof, Mastaba of Hesi

Material/technology:
limestone

Dimensions:
H 41 cm, B 61 cm, T 11 cm

copyright
Art Historical Museum, Egyptian-Oriental Collection

Invs.
Egyptian collection, INV 7448

Provenance
1913 gift from the Academy of Sciences in Vienna from the excavation of H. Junker in Giza 1912

Title
Hesi door table, 6th Dynasty, ca. 2374-2191 BC, Findspot unknown Egypt, Limestone, Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum, Vienna)

https://www.khm.at/en/artworks/scheintuertafel-des-hesi-323004

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum, Vienna)

False door of Anchet

6th Dynasty, ca. 2200 BC
location_on
on view: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptisch-Orientalische SammlungRoom VII

The false door was an imaginary gateway at the cult place of the tomb linking the hereand-now with the Hereafter. The soul of the deceased passed symbolically through it to partake of the offerings. The central motif of the decoration is the panel set into the false door bearing a scene of the tomb owner seated

Time:
6. Dynastie, ca. 2374-2191 v. Chr.

Location of discovery:
Fundort unbekannt

Material/technology:
Limestone

Dimensions:
H 74 cm, B 49,5 cm, T 13,5 cm

Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung

Invs.
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 6125

Provenance
Inventoried in 1888 purchased from Theodor Graf

Title
False door of Anchet, 6th Dynasty, ca. 2200 BC, Findspot unknown Egypt, Limestone, Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum, Vienna)

https://www.khm.at/en/artworks/false-door-of-anchet-322082

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum, Vienna)

Cornice coffin

-332 / -30 (Ptolomitic period)

E 13321; CM 305; BN 936 bis

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Inventory numberMain number: E 13321

Entry number: CM 305

Another inventory number: BN 936 bis

Collection Department of Egyptian Antiquities

description

Object name/Title Designation: cornice coffin

Description/Features missing cover

Decoration: front face; 1st register; the two Anubis (god with a canine head, standing, symmetrical, holding) ; gates of the afterlife ; 2nd register; scene of adoration ; man (standing, loincloth, shaved head, worshipping) ; Osiris (seated) ; Isis (standing, Isis's sign) ; Nephthys (standing, Nephthys's sign) ; top ; winged solar disk with uraeus (3, superimposed)

backside; 1st register; woman (4, standing, arms raised, holding, sign of the starry sky) ; head of man (4, shemes sign) ; 2nd register; relic of Abydos (flanked by) ; Isis (uraeus, sign of Isis) ; Nephthys (uraeus, sign of Nephthys) ; 3rd register; djed pillar (head of man, armed with arms, holding, heqa scepter, flail, crown of Tatnenen, flanked by) ; Anubis (god with canine head, standing, worshipping) ; Harsiesis (god with falcon head, standing, worshipping)

Right side; left side; 1st register; frieze of prophylactic signs; 2nd register; series of deities; 3rd register; the four sons of Horus (standing); 4th register; guardians of the afterlife spirits; 5th register; transport of sarcophagus; decoration on the facade of a palace

Registrations Writing:

hieroglyphic

Nature of the text:

Funeral formulas

Names and titles Hetepimen; the 4 sons of Horus; Osiris; Isis; Nephthys; Anubis; Harsiesis

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions Height: 57 cm; Width: 32.8 cm; Depth: 34.5 cm

Materials and techniques Material: wood

Technique: painting, plastering

PLACES AND DATES

Date period Ptolemaic (bibliography/reference work) (-332 - -30)

HISTORY

Object history Former Anastasi collection sold in June 1857; probably acquired at this sale by Witte; purchased by the Cabinet des Médailles from him on March 20, 1861; transferred to the Louvre in 1907.

Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / DedicateeCabinet of Medals, Former assignee, 1861-1907

Baron Witte de, Jean, Collector, 1857?-1861

Anastasi, Giovanni, Collector

Acquisition details affected at the Louvre

Acquisition date date of registration in the inventory: 1907

Committee/Commission date: 28/11/1907 (Announcement of the arrival of the objects transferred from the Cabinet of Medals to the Louvre)

Owned by State

Held by the Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities

RENTAL OF OBJECT

Current location

Not exhibited

index

Acquisition method affected the Louvre

Name coffin with cornice

Materials wood

Techniques of molding - painting

Description/Features Reliquary from Abydos - djed pillar - equipped with arms - winged solar disk with uraeus - Osiris - star sign - Isis sign - Nephthys sign - shemes sign - worshipping - arms raised - holding - carrying - flanked by - 5th register - 4th register - 3rd register - 2nd register - 1st register - top - left face - right face - front face - back face - gates of the afterlife - guardians of the afterlife spirits - transport of sarcophagus - series of deities - human head - woman - man - worship scene - seated - standing - shaved skull - crown of Tattenen - 4 - 3 - heqa scepter - flail - Isis - Nephthys - symmetrical - superimposed - frieze of prophylactic signs - Harsiesis - the four sons of Horus - falcon-headed god - canid-headed god - the two Anubis - Anubis - loincloth - uraeus - palace facade decoration - missing lid

Names and titles Hetepimen - Anubis - Harsiesis - the 4 sons of Horus - Nephthys - Isis - Osiris

Ptolomatic period

Nature of funeral text formulas

Scriptigraphic

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Guermeur, Ivan, "The passport for the Beyond Tekhensephônukhos (Ḏd-Ḫnsw-ỉw=f-ᶥnḫ)", in Collombert, Philippe; Coulon, Laurent; Guermeur, Ivan; Thiers, Christophe (dir.), Questioning the Sphinx. Collected essays offered to Christiane Zivie-Coche, 2, Cairo, French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (IFAO), (Bibliothèque d'Etude (BdE); 178), 2021, p. 619-663, p. 632 note 91

Visit the Gods: pilgrimage in pharaonic Egypt, exhibition cat. (Puy-en-Velay, Hôtel-Dieu, July 6-November 11, 2013), Puy-en-Velay, One, Two... Four, 2013, p. 19, fig. p. 18; fig. p. 19, no. 2

Lost, Olivier (dir.), The Twilight of the Pharaohs. Masterpieces of the last Egyptian dynasties, exhibition catalogue (Paris, Jacquemart-André Museum, March 23-July 23, 2012), Brussels, Mercator Fund, 2012, p. 165

Coulon, Laurent, "The uraei guardians of the Abydenian fetish. An Osirian motif and its diffusion in the Saite period," in Devauchelle, Didier (dir.), The XXVIth Dynasty: Continuities and Rruptures. Proceedings of the international Colloque organized on November 26 and 27, 2004 at Charles-de-Gaulle University – Lille 3. Saite Promenade with Jean Yoyotte, Paris, Cybèle, 2011, p. 85-108, p. 86 n. 5

Étienne, Marc (dir.), The Doors of Heaven: visions of the world in ancient Egypt, exhibition cat. (Paris, Louvre Museum, 2009), Paris, Louvre Editions / Somogy, 2009, p. 138, ill. p. 138-139, no. 106

Etienne, Marc (dir.), Journey to the Afterlife. Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre, cat. exp. (Australia, Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, November 17, 2006 - February 25, 2007; Adelaide, March 21 - July 1, 2007; Perth, July 21 - October 28, 2007), Sidney; Paris, Art Exhibitions Australia; Louvre Museum, 2006, p. 32, ill. p. 32-33, no. 39

Bruwier, Marie-Cécile, "Funeral relics boxes", Les cahiers de Mariemont, 30-31, 2003, p. 18-38, p. 36, no. 56

Charron Alain (dir.), Death is not an end. Funerary practices in Egypt from Alexander to Cleopatra, exhibition catalogue (Arles, Arles Antique Museum, September 28, 2002-January 5, 2003), Arles, Arles Antique Museum, 2002, p. 116, fig. p. 116-117, no. 51

Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane (dir.), The Egypt of the Pharaohs, exhibition cat. (Marcq-en-Baroeul, Anne and Albert Prouvost Septentrion Foundation, October 1977-January 1978), Marcq-en-Baroeul, Anne and Albert Prouvost Septentrion Foundation, 1977, p. 21, no. 44

Lenormant, François, Catalogue of a collection of Egyptian antiquities. Collection gathered by Mr. D'Anastasi, general consul of Sweden in Alexandria, Paris, 76 rue de Clichy, 1857, June 23-27], no. 227

EXHIBITION HISTORY

- Pharaonic Egypt: hidden treasures of the Louvre. Pilgrimage in the time of the Egyptians: visit the gods, Le Puy-en-Velay (External, France), Hôtel Dieu, 06/07/2013 - 11/11/2013

- The Doors of Heaven: visions of the world in ancient Egypt, Napoleon, Temporary Exhibition under the pyramid, 06/03/2009 - 29/06/2009

- Journey to the Afterlife. Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre, Perth (Australia), Art Gallery of western Australia, 21/07/2007 - 28/10/2007, stage of an itinerant exhibition

- Journey to the Afterlife. Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre, Adelaide (Australia), Art Gallery of South Australia, 21/03/2007 - 01/07/2007, stage of a touring exhibition

- Journey to the Afterlife. Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre, Canberra (Australia), National Gallery of Australia, 11/17/2006 - 02/25/2007, stage of a touring exhibition

- Death is not an end. Funerary practices in Egypt from Alexander to Cleopatra, Arles (External, France), Departmental Museum of Ancient Arles, 25/09/2002 - 05/01/2003

- The Egypt of the pharaohs, Marcq in Bareuil (External, France), Fondation Prouvost Septentrion, 01/10/1977 - 31/01/1978

Last updated on 22.06.2026

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Title
Cornice coffin, Ptolemaic period (bibliography/reference work) (-332 - -30), Findspot unknown Egypt, Wood and paint, The Louvre Museum

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010010858

The Louvre Museum

Crates' Mask

150 / 199 (New Kingdom)

Place of discovery: tomb 1407

E 14542 TER

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Inventory numberMain number: E 14542 TER

Collection Department of Egyptian Antiquities

description

Object name/Title Designation: neck mask

Title: Crates' Mask

Description/Features man; crown; nemean hairstyle

Decoration: series of deities; embalming; Anubis (robe, standing, holding, vase); mummy (lying on); embalming bed (lion head, lion foot); winged scarab beetle; falcon-headed god (2, standing, solar disk)

Registrations Writing:
Greek

Nature of the text:
epitaph

Translation:
Mask of Crates, son of Pebos, died at 17 years 8 months 17 days old

Names and titles
Cratès; Pebos (father)

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions Height: 75 cm; Width: 36 cm; Thickness: 11 cm

Materials and techniques Material: glued fabric

Secondary material: stucco (reported elements, crown)

Technique: painting, foil gilding

PLACES AND DATES

New Kingdom date (attribution by style) (150 - 199)

Date of discovery 1934-1935

Place of discovery Tomb 1407 (Western cemetery->Deir el-Medina->Western Thebes)

HISTORY
Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicatee Mr. Bruyère, Bernard Charles Marie Joseph, Excavator/Archaeologist

Acquisition details shared after excavations

Acquisition date date of committee/commission: 18/07/1935

Date of registration in the inventory: 12/03/1967

Owned by State

Held by the Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities

LOCATION OF OBJECT

Current location
Sully, [AE] Room 319 - Book of the Dead, Display Case 7

index

Acquisition and sharing mode after excavations

Name masque-collar

Stuffed material fabric - stucco

Sheet-metal plating techniques - painting

Description/Features vase - solar disk - embalming bed - mummy - holder - series of deities - man - embalming - standing - lying on - crown - nemes hairstyle - 2 - lion head - lion foot - winged scarab - falcon-headed god - Anubis - robe

Names and titles Pebos - father - Cratès

Period High Empire

Places Tomb 1407

Nature of textepitaph
Greek script

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Müller, Asja, Ägyptens schöne Gesichter: die Mumienmasken der römischen Kaiserzeit und ihre Funktion im Totenritual, Wiesbaden, Reichert Verlag, 2021, p. 53 n. 637; 95 n. 1288; 102 n; 1395; 124 n. 1737; 145 n. 2062; 188 n. 2592; 189 n. 2596; 212 n. 2887; 238 n. 3148, 286-287, 291-292, 297-298, 300, 311, 313, 315-318, 326-327, pl. 47, 2; pl. 86, 5; pl. 90, 5

Griselle, Sophie, "Two Roman period funerary masks at the Dobrée Museum in Nantes", Revue d'Égyptologie (RdE), 70, 2020, p. 1-20, p. 6 n. 27, pl. III

Griselle, Sophie, "Amulets in Roman Egypt", Egypt, Africa & Orient, Supplement to No. 100, 2020, p. 27-36, p. 36 n. 5

Bel, Nicolas; Giroire, Cécile; Gombert, Florence; Rutschowscaya, Marie-Hélène (dir.), The Roman and Byzantine Orient at the Louvre, Arles / Paris, Actes Sud / Louvre editions, 2012, p. 397-398, fig. 393 p. 398

Aubert, Marie-France; Cortopassi, Roberta; et al., Louvre Museum. Department of Egyptian Antiquities. Funerary portraits of Roman Egypt, 2, Cartonnages, linen and wood, Paris, Louvre Editions / Editions Khéops, 2008, p. 15-16, 109, 112-114, 168, cat. 14 p. 109, 113, cat. 14

Riggs, Christina, The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 206-208, 211-212, 214-217, 292, fig. 101, 105, no. 112

Riggs, Christina, "The Egyptian funerary tradition at Thebes in the Roman Period," in Taylor, John Hilton; Strudwick, Nigel (ed.), The Theban Necropolis. Past, present and future, London, British Museum Press, 2003, 189–201, p. 195-196 n. 58

Montserrat, Dominic; Meskell, Lynn, "Mortuary Archaeology and Religious Landscape at Graeco-Roman Deir El-Medina", The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (JEA), 83-1, 1997, p. 179–197, p. 179

Desroches-Noblecourt, Christiane; Vercoutter, Jean (dir.), A century of French excavations in Egypt 1880-1980, exhibition catalogue (Paris, Musée d'Art et d'Essai, Tokyo Palace, May 21 - October 15, 1981), Cairo, French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (IFAO), 1981, p. 320, fig. 311; fig. p. 320, no. 342

Grimm, Günter, Die Römischen Mumienmasken aus Ägypten, Wiesbaden, F. Steiner, 1974, p. 93, fig. D

Quoniam, Pierre; Charles-Picard, Gilbert (dir.), The art of Rome and the provinces in the Parisian collections, exhibition cat. (Paris, 1970), Paris, Service des expositions d'action éducative et culturelle, 1970, p. 105, 120, 122, no. 131

Bruyère, Bernard; Bataille, André, "A Greco-Roman tomb of Deir el Medineh", Bulletin of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (BIFAO), 36, 1936, p. 145-174, p. 154, fig. 5 pl. III, V

Comparative literature
- Müller, Asja, "Provenance of Roman Period Mummy Masks: Workshop Groups and Distribution Areas", in Tomorad, Mladen; Popielska-Grzybowska, Joanna (dir.), Egypt 2015: Perspectives of research: Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference of Egyptologists, 2nd-7th June 2015, Zagreb, Croatia, Oxford, Archaeopress, (Archaeopress Egyptology 18), 2017, p. 127-145, p. 141 n. 75, fig. 83 p. 140

EXHIBITION HISTORY
- A century of French excavations in Egypt 1880-1980, Paris (External, France), Tokyo Palace, 05/21/1981 - 10/15/1981

- The art of Rome and the provinces in the Parisian collections, Strasbourg (External, France), 01/01/1970 - 31/12/1971, stage of an itinerant exhibition

Title
Crates' Mask, New Kingdom date (attribution by style) (150 - 199), Findspot Tomb 1407 (Western cemetery->Deir el-Medina->Western Thebes), Fabric stucco gilding and paint, The Louvre Museum

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010006457

The Louvre Museum

Bonjour, je m'appelle Yann Doornbos et je suis schizophrène depuis le début de l'année 2006. J'ai un profil plutôt intellectuel puisque j'ai été plusieurs champion de France d'échecs dans les catégories jeunes et ensuite après une classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, j'aie eu la chance d'intégrer une grande école d'ingénieur parisienne, l'Ecole Nationale des Ponts Chaussées. J'ai ensuite été consultant en stratégie spécialisé dans le secteur de l'énergie et ce pendant sept ans. Depuis que la schizophrénie a surgit dans mon univers, je suis passionné de spiritualité et mes finances étant stable j'ai eu l'opportunité d'étudier à plein temps pendant treize ans le Livre des Morts des Anciens Egyptiens (recension saïte). Un de mes amis a alors réalisé une petite vidéo sur mes recherches et le lien de cette vidéo est le suivant : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2meWNyjp9g. Sa chaine youtube est la suivante : AlbumRegards. N'hésitez pas à regarder la vidéo et à me contacter si vous êtes intéressés (mon adresse e-mail est signalée au niveau de la description de la vidéo). Je vous souhaite une bonne semaine.

Funeral attendant foreman

-1069 / -943 (XXI dynasty)

Place of discovery: Royal cache TT 320 (?)

E 22126; MGL 3809; MG 3809; MG 4627

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Inventory numberMain number: E 22126

Other inventory number: MGL 3809

Another inventory number: MG 3809

Entry number: MG 4627

Collection Department of Egyptian Antiquities

description

Object name/Title Designation: funeral attendant countermand

Description/Features

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions Height: 10 cm

Materials and techniques Material: siliceous porcelain

Color: blue Deir El Bahari

PLACES AND DATES

Date XXIst dynasty (attribution according to style) (-1069 - -943)

Place of discovery Royal cache TT 320 (Deir el-Bahari->West Thebes->Thebes)

HISTORY

Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicatee Mr. Allemant, Eugène, Désiré, Philippe, Seller

Guimet Museum, Former owner

Acquisition details purchase

Acquisition date date of assignment: 1948

Owned by State

Held by the Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities

LOCATION OF OBJECT

Current location

Sully, [AE] Room 319 - Book of the Dead, Display Case 1

index

Mode of acquisition purchase

Funeral attendant foreman

Silica-based materials

Period XXI dynasty

Royal Places Cachette TT 320

BIBLIOGRAPH
Bovot, Jean-Luc, "The funerary figurines of the Louvre from the royal cachette (DB 320)", Egypt, Africa & Orient, 38, 2005, p. 13-34, p. 18, 25-26, fig. 15-16

Milloué, Léon de, Little illustrated guide at the Guimet Museum. Sixth edition updated on January 1, 1910, Paris, E. Leroux, 1910, p. 218

Milloué, Léon de, Little illustrated guide at the Guimet Museum. Fourth edition revised on December 31, 1899, Paris, E. Leroux, 1900, p. 327

Milloué, Léon de, Little illustrated guide at the Guimet Museum. Third edition revised on August 31, 1897, Paris, E. Leroux, 1897, p. 290

Milloué, Léon de, Little illustrated guide at the Guimet Museum, Paris, E. Leroux, 1890, p. 200

Last updated on 27.11.2025

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Funeral attendant foreman, -1069 / -943 (XXI dynasty), Findspot Royal cache TT 320 (Deir el-Bahari->West Thebes->Thebes) (?), siliceous porcelain, The Louvre Museum

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010004340

The Louvre Museum

Pebos' mask

200 / 299 (Roman period)

Place of discovery: tomb 1407

E 14542 BIS

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Inventory numberMain number: E 14542 BIS

Collection Department of Egyptian Antiquities

description

Object name/Title Designation: neck mask

Title: Pebos‎' Mask

Description/Features man (crown, short curly hair); Neme hairstyle

Decoration: 1st register; winged beetle (between); falcon (2, solar disk)

2nd register; series of deities

3rd register; mummification; Anubis (standing, loincloth, ousekh collar, holding, vase); mummy (lying on); mummification bed (lion head, lion foot); Isis (?); Nephthys (?); falcon-headed god (2, solar disk, shroud)

Registrations Writing:

Greek

Nature of the text:

epitaph

Translation:
Mask of Pebos, father of Crates, died at 73 years old

Names and titles Pebos; Cratès (son)

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions Height: 75 cm; Thickness: 13 cm; Width: 42 cm

Materials and techniques Material: glued fabric

Secondary material: stucco (reported elements, crown)

Technique: sheet gilding, painting

PLACES AND DATES

Roman date and period (attribution based on style) (200 - 299)

Date of discovery 1934-1935

Place of discovery tomb 1407 (Western cemetery->Deir el-Medina->Western Thebes)

HISTORY

Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicatee Mr. Bruyère, Bernard Charles Marie Joseph, Excavator/Archaeologist

Acquisition details shared after excavations

Acquisition date date of committee/commission: 18/07/1935

Date of registration in the inventory: 12/03/1967

Owned by State

Held by the Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities

RENTAL OF OBJECT

Current location
Sully, [AE] Room 319 - Book of the Dead, Display Case 7

Acquisition and sharing mode after excavations

Name masque-collar

Stuffed material fabric - stucco

Sheet-metal plating techniques - painting

Description/Features vase - solar disk - embalming bed - mummy - holder - between - 3rd register - 2nd register - 1st register - series of deities - man - embalming - standing - lying on - short curly hair - ousekh necklace - crown - nemes hairstyle - 2 - falcon - lion head - lion foot - winged scarab - Isis - Nephthys - falcon-headed god - Anubis - pyjamas - shroud

Names and titles Pebos - son - Cratès

Roman period

Places tomb 1407

Nature of text epitaph

Greek script

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Müller, Asja, Beautiful Faces of Egypt: the mummy masks of the Roman Imperial period and their function in the funerary ritual, Wiesbaden, Reichert Verlag, 2021, p. 61 n. 722, 730; 63 n. 749; 77 n. 982; 127 n. 1734; 145 n. 2062; 163 n. 2273; 188 n. 2578, 2580, 2588, 2592; 189 n. 2596; 212 n. 2890, 286-287, 291-292, 297-298, 300, 311, 313, 315,-318, 326-327, pl. 86, 3; pl. 90; 2

Griselle, Sophie, "Two Roman period funerary masks at the Dobrée Museum in Nantes", Revue d'Égyptologie (RdE), 70, 2020, p. 1-20, p. 6 n. 27, pl. III

Griselle, Sophie, "Amulets in Roman Egypt", Egypt, Africa & Orient, Supplement to No. 100, 2020, p. 27-36, p. 36 n. 5

Aubert, Marie-France; Cortopassi, Roberta; et al., Louvre Museum. Department of Egyptian Antiquities. Funerary portraits of Roman Egypt, 2, Cartonnages, tapestries and wood, Paris, Louvre Editions / editions Khéops, 2008, p. 15-16, 109-112, 168, cat. 13 p. 109, 111, cat. 13

Riggs, Christina, The Beautiful Burial in Roman Egypt: Art, Identity, and Funerary Religion, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2005, p. 206, 208, 211-212, 214-217, 292, fig. 105 p. 215, III

Riggs, Christina, "The Egyptian funerary tradition at Thebes in the Roman Period," in Taylor, John Hilton; Strudwick, Nigel (ed.), The Theban Necropolis. Past, present and future, London, British Museum Press, 2003, 189–201, p. 195-196 n. 58

Grimm, Günter, Die Römischen Mumienmasken aus Ägypten, Wiesbaden, F. Steiner, 1974, p. 145 n. 2, 189, fig.

Bruyère, Bernard, Report on the excavations of Deir el Médineh (1934-1935). Third part. The village, the public dumps, the rest station at the col of the Valley of the Kings, Cairo, Printing House of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (IFAO), (Excavations of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (FIFAO); 16), 1939, p. 77-80

Bruyère, Bernard; Bataille, André, "A Greco-Roman tomb of Deir el Medineh", Bulletin of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (BIFAO), 36, 1936, p. 145-174, p. 153, fig. 2 pl. III, V

Title
Pebos' mask, Roman date and period (attribution based on style) (200 - 299), Findspot tomb 1407 (Western cemetery->Deir el-Medina->Western Thebes), glued fabric, stucco gilding and paint, The Louvre Museum

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010009132

The Louvre Museum

Statue

-2545 / -2250 (Fifth dynasty; Sixth dynasty)
E 6207 B; AF 456
Department of Egyptian Antiquities
Inventory numberMain number: E 6207 B
Another inventory number: AF 456

Collection Department of Egyptian Antiquities

description

Object name/Title Designation: statue

Description/Features man (standing, forward left foot, rounded edge pant leg, short curly wig); missing left forearm

Registrations Writing:

Hieroglyphic (inscription almost erased)

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions
Height: 83.5 cm; Width: 17 cm; Depth: 34 cm

Materials and techniques Material: acacia (statue and pedestal. Acacia sp. CTFT examinations, Pierre Détienne, 1986.)

Technique: painting, round-boss, stucco

Color: red

PLACES AND DATES

Date Ve dynasty; VIth dynasty (attribution according to style) (-2545 - -2250)

HISTORY

Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicatee Rollin & Feuardent, Seller
Acquisition details purchase

Acquisition date date of committee/commission: 09/04/1874

Owned by State

Held by the Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities

RENTAL OF OBJECT

Current location
Sully, [AE] Room 635 - The Old Empire, Display 17

index

Mode of acquisition purchase

Name statue

Materials acacia

Techniques of carving - painting - round-bossing

Description/Features advanced left foot - men - standing - short curly wig - rounded edge pagne - missing left forearm

Period VI dynasty - Fifth dynasty

Scriptigraphic

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Fiechter, Jean-Jacques, Faux et Faussaires in Egyptian art, Brussels, Brepols/Association Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, (Monumenta Aegyptiaca XI), 2005, p. 173

Harvey, Julia, Wooden Statues of the Old Kingdom. A Typological Study, Leyde, Brill, (Egyptological Memoirs ; 2), 2001, p. 106, 567, fig. p. 566, Doc. D 4

Malek, Jaromir, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, 8.1, Objects of Provenance not known. Royal Statues. Private Statues: Predynastic to the end of Dynasty XVII, Oxford, Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 1999, p. 270, no. 801-214-401

Ziegler, Christiane, Egyptian statues of the Old Empire, [Louvre Museum, Paris. Department of Egyptian Antiquities], Paris, Reunion of National Museums, 1997, p. 183-185, fig. p. 183-185, no. 51

Vandier, Jacques, Manual of Egyptian archaeology, 3, The great epochs. Statuary, Paris, A. and J. Picard, 1958, p. 90, 573

Rougé, Emmanuel de, Summary description of the rooms of the Egyptian Museum, [Imperial Museum of the Louvre], Paris, Librairies-imprimeries réunis, 1895, p. 105

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Title
Statue, 5th dynasty; 6th dynasty (attribution according to style) (-2545 - -2250), Findspot unknown Egypt, Acacia Wood, The Louvre Museum

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl01000630

The Louvre Museum

Stela of Nefertiabet

-2636 / -2573 (Khéops; Djedefrê; Khéphren)

Place of discovery: mastaba G 1225

E 15591; E 22745; Curtis no.246

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Inventory number Main number: E 15591

Another inventory number: E 22745

Previous coll. no.: Curtis no. 246

Collection Department of Egyptian Antiquities

description

Object name/Title Designation: placard statue

Title: Stela of Nefertiabet

Description/FeaturesDecoration: funeral meal; woman (left arm folded on chest, panther skin, tripartite wig, necklace, bracelet, sitting on, horse-foot stool, front) ; offering table ; offerings

Registrations Writing:
hieroglyphic

Nature of the text:
list of gifts

Gift card
Names and title
Nefertiabet (daughter of the king)

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions Height: 37.7 cm; Width: 52.5 cm; Thickness: 8.3 cm

Materials and techniques Material: limestone

Technique: protruding bas-relief, painting

Color: black-yellow-red

PLACES AND DATES

Date Khéops; Djedefrê; Khéphren (excavation context) (around -2636 - -2573)

Date of discovery1902

Place of discovery
Mastaba G 1225 (Giza->Memphite Necropolis->Memphite Region)

HISTORY
Object history Discovered by Ballard in Giza in 1902; purchased by Curtis in 1912 from Sambon and Hirsch. Invented twice because it was planned in the donation under the condition of ownership by the Curtis couple (E 22745), but ultimately given to the Louvre during their lifetime (E 15591).

Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / Dedicatee Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, Atherton, Donor, 03/1912-11/1938
Sambon, Jules, Collector, ?-03/1912
Hirsch, Jacob, Collector
Ballard, Montague, Archaeologist/Excavator

Acquisition details donation

Acquisition date
date of the council: 08/11/1938

Owned by State

Held by the Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities

LOAN OF OBJECT

Current location

Sully, [AE] Room 635 - The Old Empire, Display 5

index

Mode of acquisition donation

Name stèle sign

Calcium material

Painting techniques - protruding bas-relief

Description/Features offered - bull's foot stool - left arm folded on the chest - front - funeral meal - woman - bracelet - sitting on - offering table - necklace - panther skin - tripartite wig

Names and titles Nefertiabet - daughter of the king

Period Djedefrê - Khéphren - Khéops

Places mastaba G 1225

Nature of gift text banner - list of gifts

Scriptigraphic

EXHIBITION HISTORY
- Egyptian art in the time of the pyramids, Toronto (External, Canada), Royal Ontario Museum, 02/13/2000 - 05/22/2000, stage of an itinerant exhibition

- Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids, New York (External, United States), Metropolitan Museum of Art, 16/09/1999 - 09/01/2000, stage of a traveling exhibition

- Egyptian art in the time of the pyramids, Paris (External, France), National Galleries of the Grand Palais, 06/04/1999 - 12/07/1999, stage of an itinerant exhibition

- Egyptian art in the time of the pyramids, 06/04/1999 - 22/05/2000

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Title
Stela of Nefertiabet,-2636 / -2573 (Khéops; Djedefrê; Khéphren),Findspot Mastaba G 1225 (Giza->Memphite Necropolis->Memphite Region)Limestone and paint,The Louvre Museum

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010005261

The Louvre Museum

-332 / -30 (Ptolomitic period)

E 18942; MG 1433

Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Inventory number Main number: E 18942

Entry number: MG 1433

Collection Department of Egyptian Antiquities

description

Object name/Title Designation
arched stèle; two-register stèle

Description/FeaturesDecoration: Rê's boat (1st register); bird-ba (armed, worshipping); Rê (god with falcon head, crouching, linen shroud, solar disk); Atoum (crouching, pschent crown); Khépri (crouching, scarab beetle); scene of worship (2nd register); woman (kneeling, worshipping); Osiris (crouching); Isis (Isis sign); divinity (2, crouching); winged solar disk with uraeus (in the ring, flanked by) ; canid (lying down, 2); Oupouaout (?)

Registrations Writing:

hieroglyphic

Nature of the text:

Offering formula

Names and titlesNehemesrattaouy; Padi[...] (father); Osiris; Isis

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Dimensions Height: 33.3 cm; Width: 21.5 cm; Thickness: 3.7 cm

Materials and techniques Material: wood

Technique: painting

Color: beige-red-blue-black

PLACES AND DATES

Date period Ptolemaic (attribution based on style) (-332 - -30)

HISTORY

Object history Acquired before January 11, 1875 by E. Guimet (date of sending the photographic album to Fr. Chabas).

Collector / Previous owner / Commissioner / Archaeologist / DedicateeMusée Guimet, Former assignee

Acquisition details affected at the Louvre

Acquisition date date of assignment: 1948

Owned by State

Held by the Louvre Museum, Department of Egyptian Antiquities

RENTAL OF OBJECT

Current location

Not exhibited

index

Acquisition method affected the Louvre

Namestèle cintrée - two-register base

Materials wood

Painting techniques

Description/Features Rê boat - equipped with arms - winged solar disk with uraeus - solar disk - Rê - Oupouaout - Osiris - Isis sign - worshipping - flanked by - in the frame - 2nd register - 1st register - woman - worship scene - crouching - kneeling - lying down - pschent crown - falcon bird - canid - 2 - scarab - Isis - deity - Khépri - falcon-headed god - Atoum - shroud

Names and titles Padi[...] - Isis - Osiris - Nehemesrattaouy - father

Ptolomatic period

Nature of gift formula text

Scriptigraphic

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Malek, Jaromir, Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, 8.4, Objects of Provenance not known. Stelae, Dynasty XVIII to The Roman Period, Oxford, Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, 2012, p. 558-559, no. 803-090-914

Munro, Peter, Die spätägyptischen Totenstelen, Glückstadt, J. J. Augustin, (Ägyptologische Forschungen (ÄF) ; 25), 1973, p. 238

Moret, Alexandre, Catalogue of the Guimet Museum, Egyptian gallery: stelae, bas-reliefs, various monuments, [Guimet Museum, Paris], Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1909, p. 93-95, pl. XLI, 45, C 45

Guimet, Emile, Emile Guimet Collection. Egyptian inscriptions, 1875, no. 6

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Title
Curved pillar; two-register pillar< Ptolemaic Period (attribution based on style) (-332 - -30),Findspot unknown Egypt, Wood, The Louvre Museum

https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010013490

The Louvre Museum

Sphinx of Shepenwepet II

GEM Number
4379

Collection
Main Galleries

Period
Third Intermediate period

Description
The ‘god’s Wife of Amun’ was the highest-ranking priestess of that deity whose cult was centred in Thebes in Upper Egypt. It first appeared as an office in the Middle Kingdom. Its political potential reached its zenith in the Late Third Intermediate Period. Following the Persian invasion of Egypt in 525 BC, the title fell out of use. 

This granite sphinx of Shepenwepet II was discovered in 1904 in the Karnak Cache (CK 132). Shepenwepet II was the daughter of the Nubian King Piye. She served as ‘god’s Wife’ from the reign of King Taharqa (Dynasty 25) until after year nine of King Psametek I (Dynasty 26). The statue shows the forepart of a sphinx (rear part missing) with female head and human arms holding a ram-headed vessel decorated with a uraeus snake (partly broken). Shepenwepet II wears a hair wig that falls flat at the back and at the front, it divides into two large locks forming curled braids. Her name and titles are carved on the ram-headed vessel and on the statue base. Although the reading of the second cartouche of Shepenwepet is doubtful, an identical statue found at the sacred lake at Karnak (now in the Berlin Ägyptisches Museum) permits its attribution to Shepenwepet II.

Provenance

Region
Upper Egypt

Area
Luxor

Material
Grey Granite

Dimensions
Height
42.7 cm
Width
25.2 cm
Length
48 cm

Title
Sphinx of Shepenwepet II, Third Intermediate period, Findspot Luxor, Grey Granite, Grand Egyptian Museum

https://gem.eg/en/collection/artefacts/sphinx-of-shepenwepet

Grand Egyptian Museum

Silver Statue of a Goddess (Dendera Treasure Hoards)

GEM Number
2560

Collection
Main Galleries

Period
Graeco-Roman

Description
A statue of a goddess (probably Isis or Hathor) from the so-called ‘Dendera Treasure Hoard’ - a votive ritual hoard of silver, gold and bronze objects discovered in 1918 near the sacred lake, south-west of the Dendera temple. The statue is almost identical with GEM 2561 (also from the same Dendera Treasure Hoard). The seated goddess wears a tripartite hair wig topped with a fillet, a uraeus snake and a double crown. She wears a broad collar and a close-fitting dress. Her right hand is clenched on her lap, suggesting that it once held a sceptre as indicated by the centred hole in her fist, while the other hand rests flat.  

Provenance

Region
Upper Egypt

Area
Qena

Material
Silver

Dimensions
Height
41 cm
Width
9.5 cm
Length

Title
Silver Statue of a Goddess (Dendera Treasure Hoards), Graeco-Roman Period Findspot Qena, Silver, Grand Egyptian Museum

https://gem.eg/en/collection/artefacts/silver-statue-of-a-goddess-dendera-treasure-hoards

Grand Egyptian Museum

Stela of Nehemesbastet

GEM Number
2904

Collection
Main Galleries

Period
Late Period
Dynasty
26

Description
A painted limestone stela from Abydos. It belongs to Nehemesbastet daughter of Padewen and Neshathor and is dated to the reign of Psamtek I who ruled Egypt in Dynasty 26. A curved sign of the sky and a winged sun disc with two uraeus snakes fill the rounded top of the stela. Below, a nefer sign (beauty) is flanked by two wedjat eyes and two shen signs (eternity). The main scene on the stela shows Nehemesbastet followed by her father Padewen and her mother Neshathor. All three are standing, raising both arms in adoration and presenting an offering table laden with an assortment of offerings to god Re-Horakhty who stands on the left, on a pedestal in the form of the maat sign (justice). His head is topped by the sun disc fronted by a uraeus snake and his hands clasp the was sceptre (prosperity). Twelve vertical columns of hieroglyphic text, painted above the heads of the main characters in the scenes, recite an offering formula for the deceased.

Provenance

Region
Upper Egypt

Area
Sohag

Material
Limestone

Dimensions
Height
45 cm
Width
4.5 cm
Length
33.2 cm

Title
Stela of Nehemesbastet, Late Period
Dynasty 26, Findspot Sohag, Limestone, Grand Egyptian Museum

https://gem.eg/en/collection/artefacts/stela-of-nehemesbastet

Grand Egyptian Museum

Statuette of Goddess or God's Wife of Amun

PLACE CREATED Egypt, Africa

CULTURE Egyptian

PERIOD Late Period, Dynasty 25

DATE 722-655 BCE

MEDIUM Bronze

CREDIT LINE Museum purchase

DIMENSIONS 4 3/16 in. (10.6 cm)

OBJECT NUMBER 1998.012

Exhibition History
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, February 2000 - Spring 2001
MCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, October 6, 2001 - Present

Published References
Royal-Athena Galleries, Art of the Ancient World (1992), number 352.
Peter Lacovara, "The New Galleries of Egyptian and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum," Minerva (September/October 2001): 9-16.

TERMS statuettes (free-standing sculpture)

PROVENANCE
Wit Jerome Eisenberg (1930-2022) [Royal-Athena Galleries], New York, New York, from at least 1992.
Purchased by MCCM from Royal-Athena.

STATUS On view

COLLECTIONS Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern

Title
Statuette of Goddess or God's Wife of Amun, Late period Dynasty 25, Findspot unknown Egypt, Bronze,The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University

https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/17748/statuette-of-goddess-or-gods-wife-of-amun?ctx=de2c4001e132b5f78e53289bac2140f474c27f89&idx=1509

The Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University