The Head of a Cow Goddess ca. 1390–1352 New Kingdom The head depicts a goddess with a cow’s face and this zoomorphism and the sun disk between her horns convey divinity. The subject matter and the animal’s benevolent expression, along with the skillfully carved dark stone, suggest the statue dates to the reign of Amenhotep , a powerful deity with wide ranging responsibilities among the gods, is the statue’s most likely subject and her affiliation with cows is an old one. However, Amenhotep III made statues honoring a number of lesser-known zoomorphic deities, so Mehet-weret, who
The Head of a Cow Goddess ca. 1390–1352 New Kingdom The head depicts a goddess with a cow’s face and this zoomorphism and the sun disk between her horns convey divinity. The subject matter and the animal’s benevolent expression, along with the skillfully carved dark stone, suggest the statue dates to the reign of Amenhotep , a powerful deity with wide ranging responsibilities among the gods, is the statue’s most likely subject and her affiliation with cows is an old one. However, Amenhotep III made statues honoring a number of lesser-known zoomorphic deities, so Mehet-weret, whose name means "Great Flood," could also be the subject. Unfortunately, the piece lacks an inscription and therefore a firm The Head of a Cow Goddess. ca. 1390–1352 Porphyritic diorite. New Kingdom. Probably from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18
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