Gold Mask of Tutankhamun (Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt) JE 60672) : Frontal view of the face
- Creator:
- Tutankhamen, reigned ca. 1332-ca. 1323 BCE
- Published/Created:
- Cairo, Urban, Egypt
ca. 1332-1322 BCE - Date Depicted:
- 8/17/2003
8000 BC - 499 AD - Materials:
- cornelian and colored glass
gold inlaid with lapis lazuli
quartz - Notes:
- Tutankhamun [Nebkheperure] (reigned ca. 1332-ca. 1323 BCE)was an ancient Egyptian king of the late 18th Dynasty. His virtually intact Theban tomb (numbered KV 62) was discovered at the Valley of the Kings, in 1922, by Howard Carter. The art of Tutankhamun's reign epitomizes the immediate post-Amarna style. The mask fulfilled the magical function of acting as a substitute for the deceased's head, in case this should be lost. It also identified him with Osiris and Re, besides endowing him with the attributes of various other deities connected with the concept of rebirth. Tutankhamun's solid gold mask (Cairo, Egyptian Museum.), inlaid with lapis lazuli, quartz, cornelian and coloured glass, illustrates the extremely high quality of royal workshop products.
- Variant Titles:
- Funerary Mask of Tutankhamun
- Period/Style:
- 18th Dynasty
New Kingdom - Culture:
- Egyptian (ancient)
- Accession Number:
- 7A3-EG-C-CM-2-E3
- Genre:
- decorative arts
- Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Furnishings & Decorative Arts
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
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- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- death or burial; decorative arts; portraits; rulers and leaders; Tutankhamen, King of Egypt metalworking visual works; sculpture (visual work)
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Module One
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
8/17/2003 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4152
- OID:
- 10115845
- PID:
- digcoll:1834262