Statuette of Khonsu

Artist Unidentified

Period New Kingdom Period (Ancient Egyptian, 1550–1070 BCE)

Dynasty Dynasty 20 (Ancient Egyptian, 1186–1070 BCE)

Place of OriginKarnak, Egypt

Date20th Dynasty (1186-1070 BCE)

Dimensions6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)

Mediumbronze

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1906.107

Not on View

DescriptionThe hieroglyphic inscriptions incised in the wax bases before being cast in bronze are corroded, but preserved well enough to show that the three statuettes of the Theban Triad in the collection - of Amun (1906.105), Mut (1906.106), and Khonsu (1906.107) - were commissioned and dedicated by the same person.

Label TextThis statuette depicts Khonsu, the son of the goddess Mut and the god Amun, key deities of the Theban Triad. Khonsu was a moon god associated with time, healing, and protection. He is often portrayed as a young man with a sidelock of youth, wearing a lunar disk and crescent atop his head.Published ReferencesLuckner, Kurt T., "The art of Egypt, Part 2," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, new series, vol. 14, no. 3, Fall 1971, p. 69, repr. fig. 10.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Mummies: From Egypt to Toledo, February 3- May 6, 2018.