AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ATUM
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ATUM

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXII, 1070-712 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE ATUM
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXII, 1070-712 B.C.
The god enthroned with his feet parallel on a rectangular plinth, his arms held out before him once holding now-missing attributes in his fisted hands, the left hand with the palm in, the right hand with the palm down, his torso bare, wearing a short pleated belted kit and a striated tripartite wig fronted by a uraeus and surmounted by the Double Crown, his false beard braided, the throne incised on either side with a feather pattern and the sma-tawy design representing the united Egypt, another sma-tawy design on the back of the throne, a textile draped over the top of the throne embroidered with the hieroglyph for sky (pt) and decorated with eight five-pointed stars indicating the heavens, a flying falcon below with human hands, wearing a solar-disk and holding feathers
14 5/8 in. (37.1 cm.) high
来源
with Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., Basel, 1969.
Mrs. Meyer, Bern.
By descent to the present owner.
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Please note, the provenance information should read:
with Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., Basel, 1969.
Mrs. Meyer, Bern.
By descent to the present owner.

拍品专文

For the falcon and heaven design on the back of the throne see p. 64 in Schoske and Wildung, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten.