Colossal statue of Min

Probably late Predynastic Period
ca. 3300–3100 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Colossal statue of Min
  • Period: Probably late Predynastic Period
  • Date: ca. 3300–3100 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Qift (Quft, Keft; Coptos), temple of Coptos, under sand bed of Ptolemaic temple, W. M. Flinders Petrie excavations, 1893–94
  • Medium: Stone - Limestone
  • Dimensions: 193 × 72 × 36.5 cm, 980 kg (76 × 28 3/8 × 14 3/8 in., 2160.5 lb.)
  • Credit Line: The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford; Presented by Flinders Petrie and H. Martyn Kennard, 1894 (AN1894.105.e)
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art