Archaeology & Antiquities
Nome Gods Bearing Offerings
Permanent ExhibitionSculpture
Details
- Author / creator
- Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (1390–1352 BCE)
- Object type
- Sculpture
- Date or period
- c. 1391–1353 BCE
- Dimensions summary
- Overall: 66 × 133 cm
- Site or findspot
- Giza, Egypt
- Cultural period
- Ancient
- Place of origin
- Egypt
- Acquisition method
- Purchase
- Credit line
- Purchased with the Art Fund grant and Friends of the Ashcombe Museum, 1961
About this object
These blocks from a temple wall show four figures identified as nomes, or provinces, of ancient Egypt. Carrying trays heaped with offerings and leading sacrificial animals, they personify the bounty of the land that they bring to the god who stood in the upper register, facing a figure of the king, Amenhotep III. These blocks may be from Amenhotep III's temple, dedicated to the god Horus.
Materials and technique
Painted limestone
