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God's Wife Tagerem

Period:
Ptolemaic Period
Dynasty:
Ptolemaic Dynasty
Date:
300–250 B.C.
Geography:
Country of Origin Egypt, Western Delta, Sakhebu (Zat el-Kom)
Medium:
Limestone
Dimensions:
H. 42 cm (16 1/2 in)
Credit Line:
Purchase, Liana Weindling Gift, in memory of her mother, 2010
Accession Number:
2010.18

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 131

  • Description

    The priestess Tagerem was God's Wife of the god Re in Sakhebu in the southwestern Delta, a temple functionary of special order, intimate of the god. The statue embodies the perfected ideal of the female form attained in the early part of the Egyptian Ptolemaic period (approximately 300-250 B.C.): demure in its composure and yet alluring.

  • Provenance

    Dépras, Oriente et Occidente Galerie, Paris, in 1957. Private Collection, Paris. Purchased by the museum at auction, Sotheby's New York, December 10, 2009.

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