Mysterious Figure in White Crown
Wood, Gesso, Gold Leaf, Black Resin, Bronze, Obsidian (eyes), Height 65 cm (25.5 inches)
Reign of Tutankhamun 1336-1326 BCE
Grand Egyptian Museum #111 (Formerly JE 60741)
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Mysterious Figure in White Crown Wood, Gesso, Gold Leaf, Black Resin, Bronze, Obsidian (eyes), Height 65 cm (25.5 inches) Reign of Tutankhamun 1336-1326 BCE Grand Egyptian Museum #111 (Formerly JE 60741) |
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"This figure poses a problem. It is a question of identification. A nice clear inscription in yellow paint on the base names the king: 'the good god, Nebkheperure, justified, beloved of Ta-Ta'." Who is Ta-Ta? "Ta-Ta is written as if it were a god's name and, on the pattern of other similar texts on these divine figures, the king is beloved of him. No easily identifiable god in the Egyptian pantheon carries such a name..." Meanwhile, some Egyptologists think "that Ta-Ta is the divine personification of the Two Lands, for ta is land in Egyptian, and the Two Lands are the South and the North. It would also explain why the figure wears the white crown of Upper Egypt. If this suggestion is correct then this god should be called Tawy, more correctly the Egyptian for Two Lands." (T.G.H. James, Tutankhamun, Metro books/White Star 2000) page 147) "Ta-Ta", could it be "Ptah-Ptah"? One of Ptah's titles is "Lord of the Two Lands" (Memphite Theology). And why couldn't the figure be Tutankhamun? Kings wear the White Crown. This seems to me to be the more likely identification. And "Ta-Ta" is a deity who loves him, possibly Ptah as Lord of the Two Lands? |
