Returned to lender The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Upper Part of the Statue of a Mummiform Deity
Middle Kingdom
Not on view
This object is not part of The Met collection. It was in the Museum for a special exhibition and has been returned to the lender.
It can be determined that this god was originally mummiform based on the sharp, downward curve of the shoulder—an indication that the figure did not have human arms—and the flatness of the chest area. Without an identifying inscription or insignia, the statue cannot be ascribed to a particular deity; he represents either an unusual mummiform manifestation of a major god or one of the gods outside the central pantheon, which were increasingly depicted in the later Twelfth Dynasty.
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