Ancient Egyptian relief of the god Shu from Bubastis dated 1295 – 1095 BC

Granite corner fragment. A sunk-relief representation of Shu as a man with a feather on his head. On the other corner, and upside-down to this are the feet of a mummiform (?) figure and the remains of an ithyphallic object: Min or Amun-Min.

The style of the Shu figure is 19th Dynasty, that of Min is impossible to determine but presumably Third Intermediate Period.

Ancient Egyptian relief of the god Shu from Bubastis dated 1295 – 1095 BC

Object details

  • Reference: BOLMG:1890.8.1
  • Material: granite
  • Culture: Dynasty 19
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Excavator: E. Naville
  • Dated: 1295 - 1095 BC
  • Object name: relief of the god Shu
  • Dimensions: Height: 1000mm , Width: 410mm , Depth: 350mm , Weight (estimated): 360 kg
  • Published references: Naville Bubastis
  • Site: Bubastis
  • Latitude: 30.572778
  • Longitude: 31.51