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Statuette of Tiye in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2015

Statuette of Tiye in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2015
Statuette of the lady Tiye
ca. 1390–1349 B.C.


Object Details

Period: New Kingdom

Dynasty: Dynasty 18

Reign: reign of Amenhotep III–Akhenaten

Date: ca. 1390–1349 B.C.

Geography: From Egypt

Medium: Wood, Egyptian blue, paint

Dimensions: h. 24 cm (9 7/8 in); base: w. 5.1 cm (2 in); d. 12.5 cm (4 15/16 in)

Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1941

Accession Number: 41.2.10a


The "mistress of the harim Tiye" wears the voluminous wig and clinging dress of her time. Her necklace is made of gold, semi-precious stones and glass.

Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544524

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