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Head from a statue of a cobra

Napatan Period
ca. 690–664 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: Head from a statue of a cobra
  • Period: Napatan Period
  • Reign: probably reign of Taharqo
  • Date: ca. 690–664 BCE
  • Geography: From Nubia (Sudan), Upper Nubia, Sanam Abu Dom, temple of Taharqo, chamber J, F. Ll. Griffiths excavations for the Oxford Expedition to Nubia, 1913
  • Medium: Granite gneiss
  • Dimensions: 14 × 23 × 33.5 cm, 16 kg (5 1/2 × 9 1/16 × 13 3/16 in., 35.3 lb.)
  • Credit Line: The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford; Allocated by the Oxford Expedition to Nubia from excavations at Sanam Abu Dom, 1922 (AN1922.370)
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art