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Dyad of king and divinity

Dyad of king and divinity





Artist : Anonymous

Model : Amon

Date : near 1350 B.C.

Material : Black granite
British Museum
Egyptian sculpture
Ground Floor - Section 4
Item 9 on 62
Ancient Egypt
Sculpture

Area related
Thèbes (Egypte)

Description   

The smaller, headless figure is that of a king, the larger that of Amen-Re, who bears the attributes of the ithyphallic god Min. The inscriptions identify the royal figure as Horemheb, but the piece may originally have been made for an earlier king, possibly Tutankhamun.
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Dyad of king and divinity
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