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Aswan granite head of Queen Tiye

Aswan granite head of Queen Tiye

Aswan granite head of Queen Tiye. Her husband, king Amenhotep III, 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 and he also had an artificial lake built for her in his Year 12.
 
Material: Aswan granite
 
Dimensions: H 19 cm x D 18 cm
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