Head of Amun

Head of Amun

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This head of the great state god of the New Kingdom, Amun (or Amun-Re), recognizable by his tall cap and double plumes, has a cool, somewhat uncompromising mien. The break at the right side indicates that the head belonged to a group statue, which may have included the king, most likely Tutankhamun. A scholar has noted the head has strong stylistic and size similarities to a head of a king, probably Tutankhamun, in Bristol, and to a head of Mut that has appeared on the art market, suggesting they might have been the pieces that formed a group triad with this head.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.