Head of a Leopard
by Vicki Maheu
Title
Head of a Leopard
Artist
Vicki Maheu
Medium
Photograph - Photograph, Digital Art
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This is a photo of a wood and gold head of a leopard found in Thebes, Valley of Kings, in the tomb of Tutankhamen. The area surrounding the artifact has been digitally altered to render it solid black.
Howard Carter found two such plaques, both in context with the robes the Sem priests wore. The priests attached this decoration to their robes when the performed the "opening of the mouth" ceremony on the mummy of the deceased, to ensure the use of all senses in the afterlife.
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. Reign of Tutankhamun 1355-1346 BC.
Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom. He is popularly referred to as King Tut. His original name, Tutankhaten, means "Living Image of Aten", while Tutankhamun means "Living Image of Amun". In hieroglyphs, the name Tutankhamun was typically written Amen-tut-ankh, because of a scribal custom that placed a divine name at the beginning of a phrase to show appropriate reverence. He is possibly also the Nibhurrereya of the Amarna letters, and likely the 18th dynasty king Rathotis who, according to Manetho, an ancient historian, had reigned for nine years�a figure that conforms with Flavius Josephus's version of Manetho's Epitome.
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April 6th, 2013
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