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Queen Tiye

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This fragment of relief, showing the profile of Queen Tiye, comes from one of the walls of tomb of the 'chief of the royal harem' Userhat (TT47), one of the tombs of the Nobles at Thebes. It was purchased at a public sale in Paris by Jean Capart in 1905. The portrait of the wife of Amenhotep III was made in a very traditional but highly refined style. Her natural hair, a lock of which appears between her ear and eyebrow, is covered by a tripartite wig. Only the lower part of the traditional crown of queens is preserved. Her diadem is decorated at front with two protective uraei representing Upper Egpyt and Lower Egypt, and at the rear with a falcon in place of the more usual vulture. In her hand Tiye holds a lotus.

Present location

KMKG - MRAH [07/003] BRUSSELS

Inventory number

E.2157

Dating

AMENHOTEP III/AMENOPHIS III/NEBMAATRE

Archaeological Site

EL-KHOKHA

Category

RELIEF

Material

LIMESTONE

Technique

CARVED; LOW RELIEF

Height

42 cm

Width

39 cm

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