Standing man holding statuette of Nebethetepet or Nehemetaui

Unknown

600–200 B.C. · cupreous metal · Egyptian Art

This small figure depicts a man in a wrapped fringed garment, and whose shaven skull could indicate he is a priest. He carries a figure of a goddess. The goddess's headdress is the sound box of a sistrum indicating she is either Nebethetepet - an aspect of Hathor - or the goddess Nehemetaui, the spouse of Thoth.

Artist

Unknown

Date

600–200 B.C.

Medium

cupreous metal

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915