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Pendant showing the sun god as a ram-headed man

Third Intermediate Period
ca. 945‒712 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: Pendant showing the sun god as a ram-headed man
  • Period: Third Intermediate Period
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 22
  • Date: ca. 945‒712 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt
  • Medium: Material: electrum
    Secondary material: glass
    Technique: engraving, inlay, cut relief
    Colour: royal blue
  • Dimensions: 11.5 × 3.4 × 1.2 cm (4 1/2 × 1 5/16 × 1/2 in.)
  • Credit Line: Paris, Musée du Louvre; Départment des Antiquités égyptiennes (E 11074)
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art