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

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.

Terms

statuettes (free-standing sculpture)

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..."

Status

On view

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