Bronze Carved Wall Object Sebennytos

Crafted from brass with a rich bronze finish; features the name of Nectanebo II; the centerpiece of The Met x Eichholtz collection. Historic provenance: draws inspiration from an Egyptian fecundity figure (360 to 343 B.C.) at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Remains indicate that a major temple to the god Onuris-Shu once stood in the city of Sebennytos (Sammanud), and an inscription on this piece bears the name of Onuris-Shu, lord of Sebennytos. Fecundity figures like this one often decorate the lower register of temple walls, where they represent the fertility of the nomes, or territorial divisions, of Egypt being rendered to the gods.