Head of a goddess ca. 1295-1270 B.C. New Kingdom, Ramesside This head once belonged to the statue of an unidentified female deity. The gender is suggested by the lack of a beard, and the simple hairstyle points to the divine status of the subject: mortal women wore elaborately curled wigs at the time this piece was carved. The complete statue represented the goddess seated or standing, either alone or as part of a group of two or more deities and possibly the king.The sculpture was carved from quartzite, a material in which, through the ages, Egyptian artists created their most sensitive portrayals of humans and gods. The Museum owns several masterpieces in this stone, most notably heads of Senwosret III (26.7.1394), Amenhotep III (56.138) and his principal wife, Queen Tiye (11.150.26). This head joins the group with the distinction of being impeccably preserved, as even the delicately aquiline nose is complete. Stylistically, the piece represnts the laterRamessidestage of post-Amarn

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Head of a goddess ca. 1295-1270 B.C. New Kingdom, Ramesside This head once belonged to the statue of an unidentified female deity. The gender is suggested by the lack of a beard, and the simple hairstyle points to the divine status of the subject: mortal women wore elaborately curled wigs at the time this piece was carved. The complete statue represented the goddess seated or standing, either alone or as part of a group of two or more deities and possibly the king.The sculpture was carved from quartzite, a material in which, through the ages, Egyptian artists created their most sensitive portrayals of humans and gods. The Museum owns several masterpieces in this stone, most notably heads of Senwosret III (26.7.1394), Amenhotep III (56.138) and his principal wife, Queen Tiye (11.150.26). This head joins the group with the distinction of being impeccably preserved, as even the delicately aquiline nose is complete. Stylistically, the piece represnts the laterRamessidestage of post-Amarn

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