Statue of Karomama, the Divine Adoratrice of Amun

The Statue of Karomama, the Divine Adoratrice of Amun is a bronze statue depicting a priestess of Amun during the 22nd Dynasty of Egypt, circa 870 BCE. It was discovered in Karnak, and is now on display at the Musée du Louvre.

Jean-François Champollion acquired the statue in 1829, and misidentified the subject as Karomama II, wife and sister of Pharoh Takelot II; the Karomama depicted is in fact a daughter of Osorkon I, Karomama Meritmut.

The statue is made of bronze, with gold, silver and electrum damascening inlay. The overseer of the treasury Ahentefnakht offered it to her.Helen Jacquet-Gordon: A Statuette of Ma'et and the Identity of the Divine Adoratress Karomama, in: ZÄS 94 (1967), 86-93

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Source

Gabrielle Bartz et Eberhard König, Le Musée du Louvre, éditions Place des Victoires, Paris, 2005, , .