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Ram
Ram
Ram

Ram

Artist (Egyptian)
Datelate 1st century B.C.E. - 1st century C.E.
MediumBronze
Dimensions6 3/4 × 8 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (17.1 × 22.2 × 7 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineClarence Day Foundation Collection
Object numberLI.90.17
Commentary
Animals were important in Egyptian religious, political, and artistic symbolism for over four thousand years. This bronze ram was made as a votive figure—an offering that would have been placed in a sacred space or temple in order to gain favor with the gods. It may represent Khnum, god of the source of the Nile. Since the river’s annual flooding brought life-giving water to the valley and covered the fields with silt and clay, the god is associated with renewal and life. Ancient Egyptians believed that Khnum created children out of clay on his potter’s wheel and placed them in their mother’s wombs.
ProvenanceAppraisal (?), Robin Symes, Dec 6, 1989 Appraisal or acquisition, Mathias Komor, Nov. 3, 1978, numbered ?550 (photocopy is cut off)
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