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Photo of collection object Head of a Kushite Ruler — Egyptian. Head of a Kushite Ruler, ca. 670-653 B.C.E.. Diorite, 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 5 5/8 in. (8.6 x 7 x 14.3 cm). Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 05.316. Creative Commons-BY.

Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum

Head of a Kushite Ruler

ca. 670-653 B.C.E.

Egyptian

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Art historians assign this head to the very end of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty. It may represent the ultimate Kushite king, Tanwetamani (circa 664–653 B.C.), who was defeated by the Assyrian army that invaded Egypt and sacked the capital city of Thebes. After Tanwetamani's defeat, descendants of the Kushite royal house continued to rule Nubia from the area around Napata until the first quarter of the third century B.C.

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Maker/Artist: Egyptian
Classification: Sculpture
Formatted Medium: Diorite
Medium: diorite
Dynasty: late Dynasty 25
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 5 5/8 in. (8.6 x 7 x 14.3 cm)
Departments: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
Accession Number: 05.316
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Exhibitions: Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Africa in Antiquity: The Arts of Ancient Nubia and the Sudan, Ancient Egyptian Art
Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
Museum Location: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
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