Over the leopard skin this man is wearing is a banderole inscribed with the remnants of his name and titles: “God’s Father, God’s Beloved, . . .Haty. . . .” It has been suggested that the presence of the titles and names of the subject rather than the king may be characteristic of the Kushite or very early Saite Period. If true, this would agree with the stylistic traits—broad neck, round skull, and small chin—that also link this figure to that era.
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Title:Priest in a leopard skin cloak with an inscription and Osiris on his skirt
Period:Third Intermediate Period–Saite Period
Dynasty:Dynasty 25–early Dynasty 26
Date:ca. 712–650 B.C.
Geography:From Egypt
Medium:Leaded bronze
Dimensions:H. 8.6 × W. 3 × D. 3 cm (3 3/8 × 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 in.); H (with tenon): 9.3 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Credit Line:Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Object Number:26.7.1415
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Formerly Carnarvon Collection, purchased in Cairo 1922. Carnarvon Collection purchased by the Museum from Lady Carnarvon, 1926.
Roeder, Günther E. 1956. Ägyptische Bronzefiguren, 6. Mitteilungen aus der ägyptischen Sammlung, Berlin: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, section 367b.
Hill, Marsha and Deborah Schorsch 2007. Gifts for the Gods: Images from Egyptian Temples. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 32, fig. 34; pp.51, 61, 62, 91n8, 192, 193, 207.
Hill, Marsha 2007. "Heights of Artistry: The Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1070–664 B.C.)." In Gifts for the Gods: Images from Egyptian Temples, edited by Marsha Hill and Deborah Schorsch. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 51, 61, 62, fig. 34, no. 32.
Schorsch, Deborah 2007. "The Manufacture of Metal Statuary: "Seeing the Workshops of the Temple." In Gifts for the Gods: Images from Egyptian Temples, edited by Marsha Hill and Deborah Schorsch. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 192, no. 32.
Hill, Marsha and Deborah Schorsch 2008. Offrandes aux Dieux d'Egypte. Martigny, Switzerland: Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, cat. 32, fig. 34; pp.51, 61, 62, 91n8, 192, 193, 248.
Hill, Marsha and Deborah Schorsch 2016. "Ptah's Profile." In Another Mouthful of Dust. Egyptological Studies in Honour of Geoffrey Thorndike Martin, TIP/23 pp. 274-287.
Hallmann, Aleksandra 2016. "A Change or a Continuation of Style? Observations on the Pelt Vestment in the Late Period Karnak Cachette Sculptures." In La Cachette de Karnak: Nouvelles perspectives sur les decouvertes de Georges Legrain, 116, p. 368, n13.
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