Striding Statuette of Amun-Re

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodLate Period-Ptolemaic Period

Date722-30 BCE

MediumBronze

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions10 3/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 15/16 in., 990 g (25.8 x 5.3 x 7.5 cm, 2 lb. 2 15/16 oz.)

Object number2018.010.532

Label TextAmun-Re was a solar creator god who ruled the air and the sky. His main cult site was Thebes. Amun strides forward, wearing a crown with double plumes and a sun disk. He is adorned with a broad collar necklace, armbands, and wristbands and wears a god’s curled beard and kilt. One arm is outstretched, while the other rests against his body. Holes in the god’s fists indicate they once held divine symbols, probably the was-scepter of prosperity and the ankh, based on similar statues. The front socle base is inscribed with, “Amun, life-giver.” The left socle gives the dedicator of the figurine as “Udjahorresen, Padineith…” Bronzes of this type appear in Memphis and Saqqara, both in funerary and temple contexts.
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, November 1, 2023 - Present
Published ReferencesMelinda K. Hartwig, ed., Life and The Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 41.

ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Jean-François Mignon, Aix-en Provence, France, June 17, 1973. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.

InscribedFront: "Amun | Life-giver" Left: "Wedjahorresen, Padineith..."

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