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Relief fragment with the head of goddess or queen

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A head wearing the vulture headdress is carved in relief; the vulture's head at the forehead is accompanied by a ureaus. The base of the crown, consisting of uraei (five ones in frontal view, both in front and at the back one in side-view), is preserved; the upper part is missing.
The face represents either a queen or a goddess. The crown is probably to be reconstructed as a Hathor-crown.
The relief is well executed, as far as this hard kind of stone permits.

Present location

ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM [06/002] AMSTERDAM

Inventory number

APM 8794

Dating

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD

Archaeological Site

UNKNOWN

Category

RELIEF

Material

GRANITE

Technique

LOW RELIEF

Height

24 cm

Width

22.9 cm

Depth

1.6 cm

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