ID: 700000205 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000205	Record Type: Movable Work

Sphinx of Shepenupet (sculpture (visual work); unknown Ancient Egyptian; 25th Dynasty)

Note: Shepenupet was an ancient Egyptian princess, daughter of the first Kushite pharaoh Piye, in 25th Dynasty; held the office of Divine Adoratrice (wife) of Amun. She is depicted as a sphinx holding a cult vessel for Amun, with ram's head lid.

Titles:

Sphinx of Shepenupet (preferred,C,U,TR,English,U,U)

Sphinx der Schepenupet, "Gottesgemahlin des Amun" (C,U,RP,German-P,U,U)

Sphinx der Schepenupet (C,U,German,U,U)

Gottesgemahlin des Amun (C,U,German,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

sculpture (visual works) [300047090] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Creation Date: 25th Dynasty

Creator Display:

unknown Ancient Egyptian [preferred,VP]

creator unknown Ancient Egyptian (Ancient Egyptian cultural designation) [500202838]

patron Shepenupet II (Ancient Egyptian princess, ca. 700 BCE-ca. 650 BCE) [500353474]

Locations:

Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection (Berlin, Berlin state, Germany) [500125790] National Museums in Berlin, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: ÄM 7972

Display Materials: black granite

	diorite [300011214]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), igneous rock, <igneous rock by composition>, <igneous rock by composition: chemical>, intermediate igneous rock)

Dimensions: 46 x 25 x 83 cm; weight: 120 kg

Cultures:

Ancient Egyptian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Twenty-fifth Dynasty (Egyptian) [300020411] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Egyptian (ancient), Egyptian periods, Third Intermediate period (Egyptian))

General Subject:

animals (preferred)

human figures

Specific Subjects:

	Shepenupet II (Ancient Egyptian princess, ca. 700 BCE-ca. 650 BCE) [500353474]
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	sphinx [300375739]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)

	priest [300025774]
	.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion, clergy) (AAT)

	Amun [901000100]
	.....((Egyptian characters, Egyptian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Additional Notes:

German ..... Ebenso wie ihre Vorgänger haben die Könige der 25. Dynastie Prinzessinnnen als "Gemahlin" des Amun eingesetzt. Schepenupet Tochter des Königs Pije Schwester des Königs Taharqo hat eine geradezu königliche Stellung eingenommen. In Tempelreliefs tritt sie allein in königlicher Funktion auf, wohl in der Zeit nach 664 v. Chr., als die Macht in der Thebais noch nicht an die 26. Dynastie übergegenagen war. So weiht sie in ihrer Figur als Sphinx dem Amun ein Kultgefäß mit dem Widderkopf des Gottes. Die Perücke mit den das Gesicht rahmenden, in "Schnecken" endenden Haarteilen ist ein Rückgriff auf ältere Zeiten. Unverkennbar ist auch die darstellung eines "nubischen" Gesichtstyps.

Sources and Contributors:
Sphinx of Shepenupet	........ [VP]
	........ Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Sphinx der Schepenupet, "Gottesgemahlin des Amun"	........ [IfM-SMB-PK,VP]
	........ Staatliche Museen zu Berlin database (2000-)
Sphinx der Schepenupet	........ [VP,IfM-SMB-PK]
	........ Staatliche Museen zu Berlin database (2000-)
Gottesgemahlin des Amun	........ [IfM-SMB-PK,VP]
	........ Staatliche Museen zu Berlin database (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP,IfM-SMB-PK]

....................... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

....................... Staatliche Museen zu Berlin database (2000-)

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Getty Vocabulary Program rules
German	..... [VP]
	..... Staatliche Museen zu Berlin database (2000-)