Bronze statuette with precious-metal inlay of the 26th Dynasty pharaoh Amasis II (r. 570-526 BCE), shown kneeling. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ram-headed figure (faience with bronze or copper alloy) of the ancient Egyptian creator deity Khnum. Artist unknown; 664-525 BCE (26th [Saite] Dynasty, Late Period). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Ancient Egyptian limestone plaque with the head of a crocodile, perhaps representing the deity Sobek. Artist unknown; 664-525 BCE (26th [Saite] Dynasty, Late Period). Now in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Photo credit: Mary Harrsch/Wikimedia Commons.
Ancient Egyptian stela of Nacht-Mahes-eru. Artist unknown; ca.664-610 BCE (26th [Saite] Dynasty, Late Period). Now in the National Museum in Warsaw.
Ancient Egyptian block statue (greywacke) of the Royal Acquaintance Horwedja. Artist unknown; 26th (Saite) Dynasty, Late Period. Now in the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Seal impression of an official of Egypt’s 26th (Saite) Dynasty. Now in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Photo credit: LACMA.
Alabaster canopic jar of Hor-Uahibre. Artist unknown; 664-525 BCE (26th Dynasty, Late Period). Now in the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva. Photo credit: Rama/Wikimedia Commons.
Naophorous (temple-bearing) greywacke block statue of Psamtik[seneb], governor of Sais. Artist unknown; 664-610 BCE (Late Period, 26th [Saite] Dynasty). Found at Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Greywacke sarcophagus of a man named Harkhebit. Artist unknown; ca. 590 BCE (26th [Saite] Dynasty, Late Period). Found at Saqqara; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Fragmentary statue head of the 26th Dynasty pharaoh Amasis (Ahmose) II (r. 570-526 BCE), last native ruler of Egypt before its conquest by the Persian Empire. Now in the Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo credit: © José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro / CC BY-SA 4.0.
Canopic jar lid (limestone) in the shape of a falcon head, representing the deity Qebehsenuef, one of the four sons of Horus. Artist unknown; 664-525 BCE (26th [Saite] Dynasty, Late Period). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Kneeling sculpture (greywacke) of Hor-wedja, son of Sasobek, the Grand Vizier to the 26th Dynasty pharaoh Psammetichus (Psamtik) I (r. 664-610). The sculpture was commissioned in Hor-wedja’s honor by his son Meryptah. Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.
Naophorous block statue (greywacke) of Psamtik-seneb, governor of Sais. Artist unknown; 26th (Saite) Dynasty (664-610 BCE). From Hadrian’s Villa, Tivoli, Italy; now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The ancient Egyptian sky goddess Nut. Detail from the greywacke sarcophagus of Sisobek, vizier of Lower Egypt under the 26th Dynasty pharaoh Psamtik (Psammetichus) I (r. 664-610 BCE). Thought to come from Saqqara; now in the British Museum. Photo credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin/Wikimedia Commons.
Statue of Ankhenesneferibre, daughter of the 26th (Saite) Dynasty pharaoh Psamtik/Psammetichus II (r. 595-589 BCE) and the last woman to hold the title of “God’s Wife of Amun” at Thebes. Now in the Nubian Museum of Aswan, Egypt. Photo credit: John Campana/Wikimedia Commons.
Ancient Egyptian stele, dedicated by the doorman of Horudja temple in honor of the divine bull Apis. Artist unknown; 643 BCE (= Year 21 of Psamtik [Psammetichus] I, first pharaoh of the 26th [Saite] Dynasty). Found at the Serapeum of Saqqara; now in the Louvre. Photo credit: Rama/Wikimedia Commons.
Ancient Egyptian faience amulet of the god Thoth, shown in the form of a baboon. Thoth holds the left udjat-eye, representing the moon. Artist unknown; 26th (Saite) Dynasty, 664-525 BCE. Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.