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Nehmetaway statuette

Standing figure of Nehemetauy, striding with left leg forward. The goddess is wearing a headdress composed of a stylised uraeiform modius, surmounted by a sistrum in form of a naos, from which a uraeus comes out. The goddess is wearing a tripartite wig and a vulture headdress. The goddess is wearing a long dress. The right arm is at side, the hand is resting on the thigh. Half of the left arm is broken. The feet are missing, and the statuette is mounted on a modern wooden base. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for solid casts.

Cat. 407
Metal / Bronze
722–332 BCE
Late Period
Unknown
Old Fund, 1824–1888
Museum / Floor 2A / Mezzanine / Cabinet 05 Metal / Shelf 04
Museo Egizio