Ram-Headed God
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Object Label
The Egyptians represented the creator god Khnum with the head of a long-horned ram on a human body. Particular individual rams were treated as deities in life. As incarnations of the god, they were then mummified at death and buried with great ceremony.
Caption
Ram-Headed God, 664–332 B.C.E.. Bronze, 3 1/2 x 1 x 1 3/4 in. (8.9 x 2.5 x 4.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.682E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer), 37.682E_Gavin_Ashworth_photograph.jpg)
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Gallery
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Title
Ram-Headed God
Date
664–332 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 26 to Dynasty 30
Period
Late Period
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Bronze
Classification
Dimensions
3 1/2 x 1 x 1 3/4 in. (8.9 x 2.5 x 4.4 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
37.682E
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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