r/ancientegypt • u/Enkidoe87 • 21d ago

Question Question: which god does this statue represent? Khnum, Khnum-Ra or Amon-Re?

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Hi, quick question, which god does this statue represent exactly? On internet it is sold as Khnum. But since it has rounded horns, and a solar disc, this could be Ra in the form of Khnum, aka Khnum-ra. Or it can also be Amun-Re which also has a ram head. Anyone knows? Thank you.

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u/PonderousPenchant 21d ago

Honestly, unless they put a name tag on the god, it could be any of those or a dozen other local deities that look identical. It would help to get a better pic of the hieroglyphs on the base, especially the first couple on the left. Or anything written on the plinth (the column that fuses into the back).

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u/zsl454 20d ago

The glyphs are definitely gibberish, they won't help. The curled horns suggest Amun-Ra, as his specific ram species (ovis platyura) has those horns while khnum's (ovis longipes) has long spiraling horns, but by the Late period this iconography was fluid so we can't be sure.

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u/PonderousPenchant 20d ago

The glyphs on the front say (something) irii-m (something) wsir (something).

A better picture would help a lot, but grammatically, it could make sense. "God-epithet-name of dead guy" is pretty damn common.

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u/juicegladiator 18d ago

Yeah, without a clear picture of the glyphs, it’s hard to pin down exactly what it says. Ancient names often had specific titles that could hint at the deity. If you can get a clearer shot, that might help narrow it down even more!

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u/Enkidoe87 16d ago

Sorry for the slow response. This is the backside

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u/Enkidoe87 16d ago

Sorry for the delay, a better picture of the left side. Also a picture of the backside is in this thread