Statue of Karomama, the Divine Adoratrice of Amun

Statue of Karomama, the Divine Adoratrice of Amun
Year	c. 850 BCE (Julian)
Medium	bronze, gold, silver, electrum
Dimensions	59 cm (23 in) × 15.5 cm (6.1 in) × 35.2 cm (13.9 in)
Location	Room 643
Collection	Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre
Accession No.	N 500

The Statue of Karomama, the Divine Adoratrice of Amun is a bronze statue depicting a priestess of the 22nd Dynasty of Egypt, circa 870 BCE. It was discovered in Karnak, and is now on display at the Musée du Louvre.

Jean-François Champollion acquired the statue in 1829, and misidentified the subject as Karomama II, wife and sister of Pharoh Takelot II; the Karomama depicted is in fact a daughter of Osorkon I, Karomama Meritmut.

The statue is made of bronze, with gold, solver and electrum damascening inlay. The overseer of the treasury Ahentefnakht offered it to her.

Source

• Gabrielle Bartz et Eberhard König, Le Musée du Louvre, éditions Place des Victoires, Paris, 2005, ISBN 3-8331-2089-4, p. 136.
• Benoît Lurson (dir.) (2017). De la mère du roi à l'épouse du dieu. Première synthèse des résultats des fouilles du temple de Touy et de la tombe de Karomama. Connaissance de l'Égypte ancienne. Bruxelles: Safran (éditions). ISBN 978-2-87457-097-1.