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New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasty (ca. 1295-1070 B.c.) Unalloyed copper, solid cast, with separate right arm; auriferus silver and copper alloy inlay; partially clad with gold sheet; altered in antiquity by removal of ears and addition of ram horns and crown with lituus; feet with lower legs, right horn, and reattachment of right arm are 19th-century restorations. H. as restored 67.7 cm (26 5/8in.), W 35 cm (13 3/4in.), D. 30cm (11 3/4in.) Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen MEIN 614) [cat. no. 13] Provenance: unknown, said to be from Saqqara;2 Posno collection; Hoffmann collection; Jacobsen collection; acquired in 1899 Scanned and quoted from _Gifts for the Gods:Images from Egyptian Temples_, pages 34-37 Edited by Marsha Hill and Deborah Schorsch. Published in conjunction with the exhibition “Gifts for the Gods: Images from Egyptian Temples” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, October 16, 2007–February 18, 2008.
"Altered in antiquity by the removal of its upright
ears and the addition of horns, this statue retains
the characteristic drooping snout of the fabulous
Seth-animal. The resulting representation has traditionally
been ascribed to Khnum, but the god
Amun is more likely5"
This wouldn't be the first time that associations between Set and Amun have been made, as Egyptologist Salima Ikram has also noted, and Set and Amun have appeared together.
I wasn't privileged to see this statue in person when it had its short stay in New York, but one of my colleagues did, and he brought back a stunning image:
 The original is underneath, © Mark Roblee
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