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Seth New Kingdom, 19th–20th Dynasty (ca. 1295–1070 B.C.) Unalloyed copper, solid cast, with separate right arm; auriferous-silver and copper-alloy inlays; partially clad with precious metal sheet; altered in antiquity by removal of ears and addition of ram horns and crown with lituus; feet with lower legs, right horn, and reattachment of right arm are 19th-century restorations Ny Carlsberg Glyptothek, Copenhagen (AEIN 614) Provenance: unknown, said to be from Memphis
Torso of King Pedubaste Third Intermediate Period, 23rd Dynasty, reign of Pedubaste (ca. 818–793 B.C.) Bronze, hollow cast with multiple cavities and iron armature and core supports; yellow- and red-gold inlay and gold-leaf Lisbon, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian (52) Provenance: unknown, perhaps Tanis
Roundel with Offering Scene (Fragment from the Menit of Harsiese) Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, 8th– 6th century B.C. Leaded bronze, solid cast; precious-metal and copper-alloy inlays Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (23733)
Standing Woman with the Cartouches of King Necho II on Her Arms Late Period, 26th Dynasty, reign of Necho II (610–595 B.C.) Silver, solid cast, with separate wig and jewelry The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915 (30.8.93)
Aegis of King Amasis Late Period, 26th Dynasty, reign of Amasis (570–526 B.C.) Copper alloy, solid cast Cairo, Egyptian Museum (T.R. 20/5/26/1 [M696]) Provenance: from Auguste Mariette's excavations at the Serapeum, Saqqara, 1850–64
Nefertem Macedonian–Ptolemaic Period (332–30 B.C.) Silver, solid cast; reassembled from fragments, left calf restored Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (E 11001)
Amun Third Intermediate Period, early 8th century (ca. 800–770 B.C.) Gold, solid cast with separate solid-cast arms and beard; separate tripartite loop, attributes, feather crown, and sun disk (loop, crown and disk mostly lost); separate precious metal base (lost) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926 (26.7.1412)
Princess Sobeknakht Nursing her Son Middle Kingdom, Mid- to late 13th Dynasty, ca. 1750–1650 B.C. Arsenical copper, solid cast Brooklyn Museum, New York; Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, (43.137)
Kneeling King (Probably Tutankhamun) New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Tutankhamun (ca. 1336–1327 B.C.) Black bronze, hollow cast with two core cavities, with noncanonical tangs and separate arms and uraeus (now lost); precious-metal sheet and inlay; copper alloy inlay; eye sockets and eyebrows formerly inlaid University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, (E14295)
Royal or Divine Child New Kingdom, late 18th– early 19th Dynasty (ca. 1336–1250 B.C.) or later Black copper, solid cast, with partially hollow head, separate black bronze hairlock and separate arms and uraeus (now lost); gold and precious metal inlay, eye sockets formerly inlaid Musée du Louvre, Paris (E 7735)
Menit Inscribed for Sobek-Re New Kingdom, mid- 18th–20th Dynasty (ca. 1425–1070 B.C.) Black bronze, hollow cast; auriferous-silver teeth; electrum and gold inlays; gold leaf Musée du Louvre, Paris (E 11520)
King Pami Kneeling and Offering Nu-Pots Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty, reign of Pami (ca. 773–767 B.C.) Leaded copper, hollow cast, with separate arms British Museum, London (EA 32747)
Upper Part of a Man Third Intermediate Period, 22nd–24th Dynasty (ca. 945–712 B.C.) Leaded arsenical-copper, hollow cast with iron armature and core supports; separate arms and wig; precious-metal leaf; lower part of figure preserved (EA 71459) but with no direct join London, British Museum (EA22784) Provenance: unknown, said to be from Giza
The God's Father of Khonsu, Khonsumeh Third Intermediate Period, possibly 10th–9th century B.C. Leaded bronze, hollow cast, with separate arms; precious-metal inlay Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin (23732)
Bes-image of the god Horus-Ashakhet 30th Dynasty–mid-Ptolemaic Period, 4th–2nd century B.C. Bronze, solid cast, with separate headdress (lost); gold, electrum, auriferous silver, and copper-alloy inlay The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Rogers Fund, 1929 (29.2.3)
Group with King Holding a Shen-ring (?) before an Otter Late Period–early Ptolemaic Period, 7th–3rd century B.C. Copper alloy, hollow cast (otter and base) with open cavity; solid-cast king Brooklyn Museum, New York; Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund (76.105.2)
Padiamun Third Intermediate Period, middle third of eighth century B.C. (?) Copper alloy, hollow cast with separate arms (left arm recently recovered and reattached; right arm lost); eye sockets inlaid Paris, Musée du Louvre (E 10586) Provenance: unknown, said to be from Memphis