Head of a Kushite Ruler
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Object Label
Kushite royal statues, particularly examples from Upper Egypt, emphasize the foreign, non-Egyptian origin of their subjects. This head, perhaps of King Shabaqa, shows the ruler with a broad, nearly round face characteristic of the Kushite people. His regalia also reflects Kushite influence, and his shortly cropped hair—bound by a broad headband—is a feature never seen on native Egyptian sculpture. A knob, now gone, at the front of the headband once accommodated two uraeus cobras. On statues of kings, the double cobra is uniquely Kushite as well.
Caption
Egyptian; Nubian. Head of a Kushite Ruler, ca. 716–702 B.C.E.. Green schist, 2 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 2 9/16 in. (7 x 5.3 x 6.5 cm) mount: 2 3/4 × 2 × 7 in. (7 × 5.1 × 17.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 60.74. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 60.74_PS2.jpg)
Title
Head of a Kushite Ruler
Date
ca. 716–702 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 25
Period
Third Intermediate Period
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Green schist
Classification
Dimensions
2 3/4 x 2 1/16 x 2 9/16 in. (7 x 5.3 x 6.5 cm) mount: 2 3/4 × 2 × 7 in. (7 × 5.1 × 17.8 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
60.74
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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