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Estatuilla del dios Amón

Third Intermediate Period
ca. 945–712 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899
Amón está representado aquí con una espada curva como garante de la victoria militar. Esta estatuilla de oro macizo, que pesa casi un kilo (0,9 kg), tal vez fue utilizada en ceremonias religiosas. Si bien en la parte posterior de la corona hay una argolla (hoy rota), la figura pesa demasiado para haber sido una joya; tal vez se suspendía en una capilla ritual en forma de barco o la llevaba colgada al cuello un sacerdote durante las procesiones. O quizás la argolla estaba relacionada con costumbres antiguas, reales o imaginadas. De la corona salían dos plumas, ahora rotas, que completaban la insignia característica de esta deidad.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Estatuilla del dios Amón
  • Periodo: Tercer periodo intermedio, Dinastía XXII
  • Fecha: ca. 945–712 a. C.
  • Geografía: Posiblemente Tebas, Karnak
  • Material: Oro
  • Dimensiones: 17,5 x 4,7 x 5,8 cm
  • Crédito: Compra, donación de Edward S. Harkness, 1926
  • Número de inventario: 26.7.1412
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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