Mut
Date: 20th Dynasty (1186-1070 BCE)
Dimensions:
9 5/8 in. (24.4 cm)
Medium: bronze
Place of Origin: possibly from Karnak, Egypt
Classification: Sculpture
Credit Line: Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1906.106
Label Text:For almost all of the New Kingdom (about 1550–1070 BCE), the god Amun-Re was the high god of Egypt. At first important in Upper Egypt only, his status was elevated by pharaohs from that region. Becoming the supreme god, he was identified with the all-powerful sun, creator of the cosmos. Focus of Egypt’s greatest temples, at Luxor and Karnak, he is depicted with human head and body. Identifying features are a solar disk and two long plumes that crown him, associating him with sky and sun. He is often depicted with a long staff and scepter, missing from this image.
Amun’s chief wife was the goddess Mut, who is often depicted in human form—as here— wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. In her enormous temple in the precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak were many sculptures of the goddess Sakhmet; large fragments of three are on display in this gallery.
Amun’s chief wife was the goddess Mut, who is often depicted in human form—as here— wearing the double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt. In her enormous temple in the precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak were many sculptures of the goddess Sakhmet; large fragments of three are on display in this gallery.
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