Head of Amun-Re

715-664 BCE (Late Period)

0.4 cm 1.7 cm 0.5 cm

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This head belonged to a small statue of the god Amen-Re, identified by his tall feather crown with sun disk. The statue's back pillar contains the inscriptions "Amen-Re, King of the Gods," as well as "Nefer-ka-Re," which was the Egyptian throne name of the Kushite king Shabaqo.

Artifact

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27660
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Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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en
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