Statue
E14370
Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display
From: Egypt | Karnak (uncertain)
Curatorial Section: Egyptian
Object Number | E14370 |
Current Location | Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display - On Display |
Provenience | Egypt | Karnak (uncertain) |
Period | New Kingdom | Eighteenth Dynasty | Tuthmosis III |
Date Made | 1479-1425 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Granite | Quartz Monzonite |
Iconography | King | Tuthmosis III? |
Description | Red granite head of a king, probably Thutmosis III, wearing the white crown. Broken from a monumental statue. The large eyes, arched eyebrows and thin slightly upcurved lips are typical features of Thutmosis III portraiture. |
Height | 53 cm |
Width | 25 cm |
Depth | 40.64 cm |
Credit Line | Purchased from D. G. Kelekian, 1926 |
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