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Nubian goddess, Napatan Period, reign of Piankhy (Piye) 743–712 B.C. Findspot: From el-Kurru, Ku 52 (tomb of Queen Nefrukekashta). 1919: excavated by the Harvard University
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English: This nude, winged goddess wears a complex headdress featuring a lunar crescent, a solar disk, and tall plumes. The cobras on her upper arms wear the same type of headgear. Her identity is unknown, but this pectoral suggests that she is the lunar counterpart to the lioness deity seen elsewhere in this case.
Amulets like this one were found in the burials of early Napatan queens. Made of blue-green glazed faience, they depict a nude, winged, goddess crowned with a sun disc, uraeus and feathers. The wings bend sharply downward, and on each arm is a uraeus crowned with horns and a sun disc. The identity of he goddess is uncertain. A hieroglyphic inscription runs down the back. |
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| Author | Nubian Artist, Sudan, Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition |
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