Head of a Queen, possibly Tiye
Place made:Egypt
Culture: Egyptian
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Date: ca. 1390-1352 B.C.
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions:
h. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm); w. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm); d. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Fund
Object number: 2000.14
Provenance: sold, Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA, to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2000
Label Text
This portrait head, once part of a statue, possibly represents Queen Tiye, Great Royal Wife of one of ancient Egypt’s greatest pharaohs, King Amenhotep III, and mother of the enigmatic religious reformer King Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV). Queen Tiye presided over the ancient Egyptian court during the zenith of Egypt’s imperial power in the New Kingdom, from approximately 1390-1352 B.C. Following her husband’s death, she moved to her son’s new capital city of Akhetaten (Amarna), where she continued to be an influential member of King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti’s court.
(Gerry D. Scott, III, 2002)
(Gerry D. Scott, III, 2002)
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