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.
- Maker/Artist
- Egyptian
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Diorite
- Medium
- diorite
- Dynasty
- late Dynasty 25
- Dimensions
- 3 3/8 x 2 3/4 x 5 5/8 in. (8.6 x 7 x 14.3 cm)
- 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
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