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Head of a Queen
ThutmosisAmenophis (Amenhotep) IV. / Echnaton, 1351–1334 BCE
Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Berlin, Germany
The tenon at the top of this head allowed for the attachment of a royal headdress, identifying this as a sculpture of a queen. It is often interpreted as a portrait of Nefertiti, shown here with soft features in the bloom of her youth.
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Details
- Title: Head of a Queen
- Creator: Thutmosis
- Date Created: Amenophis (Amenhotep) IV. / Echnaton, 1351–1334 BCE
- Provenance: Donation James Simon, 1920
- Type: Statue
- Medium: Silified Quartzite, painted
- Inv. no.: ÄM 21220
- ISIL no.: DE-MUS-015418
- External Link: Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
- Copyright: Photo © bpk - Photo Agency / Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Sandra Steiß
- Collection: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung | Ägyptisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
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