Statue Fragment
| Object Number: | E14304 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display Currently On Display |
| Provenience: | Egypt Thebes (uncertain) (Egypt) |
| Period: | Eighteenth Dynasty New Kingdom |
| Date Made: | 1539-1292 BCE |
| Early Date: | -1539 |
| Late Date: | -1292 |
| Section: | Egyptian |
| Materials: | Diorite Granodiorite |
| Iconography: | Amenhotep II uraeus |
| Height: | 17.5 cm |
| Width: | 10.89 cm |
| Depth: | 16.59 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from Spink & Son, 1924 |
Description
Fragmentary head of Amenhotep II wearing a royal crown of Egypt. The top of the crown is broken thus making it too incomplete to determine the type. The king has a uraeus on his brow.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Searching for Ancient Egypt: (1997 - 1997) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Egyptian Daily Life (1977) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display (23 Feb 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Amarna: Ancient Egypt's Place in the Sun (12 Nov 2006) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Book] Silverman, David P. 1997. Searching for Ancient Egypt: Art, Architecture and Artifacts from the University of Pennsylvania Museum.. Cornell University Press. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 96-97 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Moss, Rosalind L., and Porter, Bertha. 1964. The Theban Necropolis.. Clarendon Press. Vol. 2. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 532 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Book] Wegner, Jennifer H., and Wegner, Josef W., and Silverman, David P. 2006. Akhenaten and Tutankhamun Revolution and Restoration.. Philadelphia. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 150, fig.136 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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