Egyptian. <em>Relief Fragment of Shepenwepet II</em>, ca. 700 B.C.E. Sandstone, 11 7/16 x 11 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (29.1 x 29.6 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 74.99.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.74.99.2_wwg8.jpg)

Egyptian. Relief Fragment of Shepenwepet II, ca. 700 B.C.E. Sandstone, 11 7/16 x 11 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (29.1 x 29.6 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 74.99.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.74.99.2_wwg8.jpg)

DOWNLOAD

Relief Fragment of Shepenwepet II

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

This relief fragment from a chapel in North Karnak shows a God's Wife of Amun, a celibate high priestess of the god, wearing a vulture headdress. The ankh-sign held before her nose is offered by a now missing deity. The provenance of this block, as well as the stylistic detailing of the mouth, nose, and eye, suggests an identification with Shepenwepet II, the daughter of the Kushite king Piye.

CULTURES Egyptian; Nubian

MEDIUM Sandstone

DATES ca. 700 B.C.E.

DYNASTY second half of Dynasty 25

PERIOD Third Intermediate Period

DIMENSIONS 11 7/16 x 11 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (29.1 x 29.6 x 5.6 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 74.99.2

CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

EXHIBITIONS

MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view on the 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Egyptian. Relief Fragment of Shepenwepet II, ca. 700 B.C.E. Sandstone, 11 7/16 x 11 5/8 x 2 3/16 in. (29.1 x 29.6 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 74.99.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.74.99.2_wwg8.jpg)

IMAGE installation, West Wing gallery 8 installation, CUR.74.99.2_wwg8.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2006

"CUR" at the beginning of an image file name means that the image was created by a curatorial staff member. These study images may be digital point-and-shoot photographs, when we don\'t yet have high-quality studio photography, or they may be scans of older negatives, slides, or photographic prints, providing historical documentation of the object.

RIGHTS STATEMENT Creative Commons-BY

You may download and use Brooklyn Museum images of this three-dimensional work in accordance with a Creative Commons license. Fair use, as understood under the United States Copyright Act, may also apply. Please include caption information from this page and credit the Brooklyn Museum. If you need a high resolution file, please fill out our online application form (charges apply). For further information about copyright, we recommend resources at the United States Library of Congress, Cornell University, Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums, and Copyright Watch. For more information about the Museum's rights project, including how rights types are assigned, please see our blog posts on copyright. If you have any information regarding this work and rights to it, please contact copyright@brooklynmuseum.org.

RECORD COMPLETENESS

Not every record you will find here is complete. More information is available for some works than for others, and some entries have been updated more recently. Records are frequently reviewed and revised, and we welcome any additional information you might have.