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Title/s | Quartzite Statue |
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Description | head of queen Nefertari, the principal wife of Ramesses II. She wears two conbras instead of one to indicate her status amongst the other wives of the King. She also wears the sun disk and cow's horns of the goddess Hathor. |
Field Collection | Temple of Hathor Serabit el Kadim Egypt (Sinai) |
Dimensions |
length 25
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Period | |
Date | circa 1279 B.C. — 1213 B.C. |
Provenance | given: The Egyptian Research Fund 1905 (Filtered for: Antiquities) |
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Accession Number | E.4.1905 (Antiquities) |
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