Caption

Figurine of the god Nefertum; creator, Egyptian deity Nefertum; Egyptian religion and art; crowns; Late Period, 664–332 BC, Egypt; sculpture; height 12.4 cm, width 3.3 cm, depth 4 cm., A small sculpted figure standing on a rectangular base, rendered in dark brown and bronze tones with areas of lighter brown and greenish patina; the figure wears a headdress with a tall vertical element and a flared, petal-like crown, both in similar dark metallic hues; the figure's facial features, beard, and hair are visible in the same metallic colors, and one arm is bent with the hand placed on the chest while the other arm hangs down; the torso and limbs show textured metal surface and subtle cracks or joins, and the base is a reddish-brown stone with white and lighter brown marbling.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_465

License type

Rights managed

Available size

41.2Mb (2.3Mb) / 8.2in x 19.5in / 2461 x 5846 (300dpi)

Keywords

Figurine god Nefertum creator Egyptian deity Nefertum Egyptian religion art crowns Late Period 664–332 Bc Egypt sculpture height 12.4 cm width 3.3 cm depth 4 cm small sculpted figure standing rectangular base rendered dark brown bronze tones areas lighter brown greenish patina figure wears headdress tall vertical element flared petal- crown dark metallic hues figure's facial features beard hair visible metallic colors arm bent hand placed chest arm hangs down torso limbs textured metal surface subtle cracks joins base reddish-brown stone white lighter brown marbling.