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Aswan granite head of Queen Tiye

Aswan granite head of Queen Tiye

Aswan granite head of Queen Tiye. She was the great royal wife of Pharaoh Amenhotep III. Her husband devoted a number of shrines to a constructed temple dedicated to her in Sedeinga in Nubia where she was worshiped as a form of the goddess Hathor-Tefnut. He also had an artificial lake built for her in his Year 12.

 

Material: Aswan granite

 

Dimensions: H 28 cm x W 13 x D 13 cm

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