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ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Figure of Taharqa

AAT Object Form/Functionstatuettes (free-standing sculpture)
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period, Dynasty 25, Reign of Taharqa
Date690-664 BCE
MediumBronze
Credit LineEgyptian Purchase Fund
Dimensions4 11/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 7/16 in. (11.9 x 4.4 x 3.6 cm)
Object number2001.016.001
Exhibition HistoryMCCM Permanent Collection Reinstallation, September 2001 - Present
Published ReferencesDrouot-Montaigne, Paris, Archeologie (April 23, 2001), 192, lot 826.
Jennifer Ritchey, "Eye on Antiquity," Where Atlanta (November 2001): 20.
MCCM Newsletter, December 2004 - February 2005.
Marjorie M. Fisher, et al., Ancient Nubia: African Kingdoms on the Nile (New York: The American University in Cairo Press, 2012), 110, figure 69.
Joel LeMon, "Egypt and the Egyptians," in The World around the Old Testament: The People and Places of the Ancient Near East, ed. Bill T. Arnold and Brent A. Strawn (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2016), 186, figure 5.5.
ProvenancePurchased by MCCM from Drouot-Montaigne, Paris, France, April 23, 2001, lot 826.
Status
On view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art