Title: Head of a goddess, probably Mut, for attachment to a processional barque
Object type: Head, goddess Mut, protome
Date: ca. 733–664 BCE
Period: Third Intermediate Period, Kushite Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 25
Medium: Cupreous metal, gold leaf, formerly inlaid
Dimensions: H. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in); H. of face (forehead to chin) 5.2 cm (2 in); H. of modius 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in); depth 14 cm total (5 1/2 in) including 2.5 cm (1 in) of perpendicular attachment element extending beyond headdress
Credit line: Purchase, Liana Weindling Gift, in memory of her mother, 2008
Geography: From    Egypt      
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Heads