.jpg?w=1)
THE PROPERTY OF A TEXAS COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE STANDARD FINIAL
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-712 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE STANDARD FINIAL
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-712 B.C.
Hollow cast in the form of a papyrus umbel, the stem inscribed with three columns of faintly incised hieroglyphs naming, "Atum, the god who gives life...," the god represented as a human-headed cobra atop the umbel, wearing a false beard, a tripartite wig and the Double Crown fronted by a uraeus, flanked by smaller cobras
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-712 B.C.
Hollow cast in the form of a papyrus umbel, the stem inscribed with three columns of faintly incised hieroglyphs naming, "Atum, the god who gives life...," the god represented as a human-headed cobra atop the umbel, wearing a false beard, a tripartite wig and the Double Crown fronted by a uraeus, flanked by smaller cobras
8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
Provenance
with Hakim Egyptian Art, New York, 1959.