Hand of a Seated Deity
This larger-than-life left hand is sculpted granite or granodiorite and is probably a fragment from a divine statue. The position of the fingers are traditional for divine statuary and suggests that they once held an ankh sign (for comparisons, see the Museum’s statues of the lion goddess Sakhmet). The ankh sign symbolized life as one of the benefits dispensed by the gods and goddesses.
Artwork Details
- Title: Hand of a Seated Deity
- Period: New Kingdom
- Date: ca. 1550–1070 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Granite
- Dimensions: L. 16.6 × W. 13.2 × D. 6.8 cm, 3.2 kg (6 9/16 × 5 3/16 × 2 11/16 in., 7.1 lb.)
- Credit Line: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020
- Object Number: 2021.41.70
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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