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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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