Seated figure of Amun

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

An expertly carved figure of Amun, principal deity of the Egyptian pantheon from the New Kingdom (ca. 1500 B.C.) on. The youthful-looking god is seated on a low-backed throne covered with a feather pattern, with the lungs and windpipe of an animal that symbolized a unified Egypt carved on each side. A textile adorned with a pattern of lotus blossoms on the back is depicted as if thrown over the back of the seat. Amun wears his typical flat crown, to which tall feathers were once attached in bronze, a divine beard, and a divine kilt. His outfit is enhanced by a parure of armbands, bracelets, and anklets.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art