| Period: | | Egypt, New Kingdom, New Kingdom |
| Dating: | | 1450 BC–1151 BC |
| Origin: | | Egypt, Lower Egypt, Memphis |
| Material: | | Bronze |
| Physical: | | 22.8cm. (8.9 in.) - 605 g. (21.4 oz.) |
| Catalog: | | MET.XL.00855 |
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Bronze statuette of a New Kingdom king-warrior as god Nefertem. The two classic Nefertem attributes displayed here are the lotus flower flanked by plumes on his head, and the khepesh (curved sword) in his right hand. All the hieroglyphs on the pedestal were deliberately erased. The cartouche on the king’s belt buckle is not legible. The general style of the work is that of the New Kingdom.
God Nefer-Tem (or Nefer-Atum or Nefer-Ra), originally a god from Hermopolis, became the original third member of the mother-father-son Memphite triad, usually with Ptah as his father and Sakhmet as his mother. His name means “young-atum” (the sun in its youth, the rising sun) and his importance is considerable in the Egyptian concept of the origin of life at Hermopolis. The legend describes a lotus flower rising from the water. As the lotus flower opens, a scarab is revealed, then metamorphoses into a young boy crying. As his tears drop off, they create humanity. We find allusions to this in the Pyramid Texts. In the Text of Unas (last king of the 5th Dynasty), it is said: “Unas has risen like Nefer-Tem from the lotus to the nostrils of Ra, and he goes forth from the horizon on each day…”. By claiming to be the living incarnation of Nefer-Tem, a king would claim the power of creation.
Bibliography (for this item)
American Research Center in Egypt,
1979 The Luxor Museum of Ancient Egyptian Art: Catalogue. American Research Center in Egypt, Cairo, Egypt.
Budge, E. A. Wallis, Sir
1969 The Gods of the Egyptians or studies in Egyptian Mythology (unabridged republication of the 1904 edition by the Open Court Publishing Company). Dover Publications, New York, NY.
Guirand, Felix
1968 New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology. Crescent Books, New York, NY.
Ions, Veronica
1969 Mythologie Egyptienne (Translation of the 1968 edition by the Hamlyn Publishing Group). ODEGE, Paris, France.
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