Sculptor's model/votive depicting a king and jackal busts

Sculptor's model/votive depicting a king and jackal busts

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This odd relief has many features in common with a group of 26th Dynasty donation reliefs excavated at Edfu. These reliefs are likely to be forerunners of so-called "sculptors' models / votives" that are usually dated to the 4th century B.C. and later.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Sculptor's model/votive depicting a king and jackal bustsSculptor's model/votive depicting a king and jackal bustsSculptor's model/votive depicting a king and jackal bustsSculptor's model/votive depicting a king and jackal bustsSculptor's model/votive depicting a king and jackal busts

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.