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Head of a goddess, probably Mut, for attachment to a processional barque
ca. 721–664 BCE
- Medium
- Cupreous metal, gold leaf, formerly inlaid
- Classification
- Head, goddess Mut, protome
- 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
- Culture
- Egypt
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, Liana Weindling Gift, in memory of her mother, 2008
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
