Caption

Figurine of the god Nefertum; creator, Egyptian deity Nefertum; Egyptian religion and art; crown; Late Period, 664–332 BC, Egypt; sculpture; height 12.4 cm, width 3.3 cm, depth 4 cm., A small metal statuette of a walking human figure stands on a rectangular reddish-brown stone base; the figure is shown in profile facing right with arms held close to the chest and wearing a tall decorative headdress that rises above the head and has a flared element and a looped detail at the back. The figure has a dark metallic surface with areas of lighter and slightly corroded texture, and the stone base shows veins and patches of lighter and darker red and gray. The background is a uniform light gray.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A17_467

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55.4Mb (2.9Mb) / 11.3in x 19.0in / 3401 x 5692 (300dpi)

Keywords

Figurine god Nefertum creator Egyptian deity Nefertum Egyptian religion art crown Late Period 664–332 Bc Egypt sculpture height 12.4 cm width 3.3 cm depth 4 cm small metal statuette walking human figure stands rectangular reddish-brown stone base figure shown profile facing right arms held close chest wearing tall decorative headdress rises head flared element looped detail back dark metallic surface areas lighter slightly corroded texture stone base veins patches darker red gray background uniform light gray.