Group statue of Onuris(-Shu) and Mehit

Classification

statuette ; votive offering

Culture

Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

height of the figure of Onuris: 15 cm; height of the figure of Mehit: 12 cm; base: 6.5 x 3.7 x 1 cm

Date

end of the 25th dynasty – beginning of the 26th dynasty (midd-7th century B.C.)

Period

25th (Kushite) dynasty (747–656); 26th (Saite) dynasty (664–525)

Material

bronze

Iconography

Onuris ; double feathers crown ; wig ; false beard ; usekh collar ; falcon-feather dress ; Mehit ; uraeus ; solar disk ; pedestal

Production place

Egypt

Findspot

Sebennytos?

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Egyptian Art

Provenance

Platz, Bonifác (1848–1919)

Inventory

51.324

ID

Hyp-2755

References

Kóthay–Liptay, Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 94; Nagy, I., Egyiptomi Gyűjtemény, 73; Nagy, I., Egyptian Collection, 74–75; Kóthay–Liptay, Egyptian Artefacts, 100