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Statue of a goddess, probably Nehemetaway or Nebethetepet

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
550–300 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134
The shrine-shaped sistrum sound-box worn as a crown by this figure indicates that either the goddess Nehemet-aui, the consort of Thoth, or Nebethetepet, a manifestation of Hathor, is represented. The features of the goddess suggest a date to the end of the 26th dynasty, or the 30th dynasty. As the kings of the 30th Dynasty built important buildings including a temple to the goddess Nehemet-aui at Hermopolis, the seat of the god Thoth, it is plausible this statue is Nehemetaway.

Link to a blog about Ptolemaic Art at The Met
Nile and Newcomers: A Fresh Installation of Egyptian Ptolemaic Art

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Statue of a goddess, probably Nehemetaway or Nebethetepet
  • Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
  • Date: 550–300 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt
  • Medium: cupreous metal
  • Dimensions: H. 17.8 × W. 4.3 × D. 10 cm (7 × 1 11/16 × 3 15/16 in.)
    H. (with tang): 20 cm (7 7/8 in.)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.7.845
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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