Ancient Egyptian copper sculpture of god Amun, 664-656 BC, 25th dynasty, inscribed king Tantamani name, copper alloy. Louvre Museum E 33072.

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Ancient Egyptian copper sculpture of Amun, 664-656 BC, 25th dynasty, inscribed king Tantamani name, copper alloy. Louvre Museum E 33072. Amun ram's head, tripartite wig, solar disk, double uraeus, Ousekh collar. Height: 17 cm; Width: cm; Depth: cm. Sully room 643. Tantamani (Tanutamun or Tanwetamani} (d. 653 BC) was a pharaoh of Ancient Egypt and the Kingdom of Kush located in Northern Sudan and a member of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt. Amun was a major ancient Egyptian deity who appears as a member of the Hermopolitan Ogdoad. Amun was attested from the Old Kingdom together with his wife Amunet. With the 11th Dynasty (c. 21st century BC), Amun rose to the position of patron deity of Thebes by replacing Montu.

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Size: 4364px × 6000px
Location: Louvre Museum
Photo credit: © funkyfood London - Paul Williams / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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