Unknown Artist
Head From a Shabti (Funerary Figurine) of Queen Tiye
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Unknown ArtistNew Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reign of Akhenaten (about 1352–1336 BCE)
Head From a Shabti (Funerary Figurine) of Queen Tiye
Unknown Artist →new kingdomamarna periodancientegyptianushabtifragment
Date
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reign of Akhenaten (about 1352–1336 BCE)
Medium
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster) with traces of pigment
Dimensions
7.6 × 5.8 × 2.6 cm (3 × 2 1/4 × 1 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris
The form of the crown, full lips, down-turned edges of the mouth and almond-shaped eyes identify this fragment as Queen Tiye. She was the influential wife of pharaoh Amunhotep III. This head may originally have come from a statuette made during the reign of her son, Akhenaten.
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