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Upper part of a statue of Tashereteneset
Upper part of a statue of Tashereteneset
Artist : Anonymous

Time of : Amasis

Date : near 560 B.C.

Material : Diorite
XXVIème dynastie dite des rois "saïtes"
British Museum
Egyptian sculpture
Ground Floor - Section 4
Item 38 on 62
Ancient Egypt
Sculpture (Buste)

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Egypte



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The inscription on the black pillar indicates that Tashereteneset was the mother of a king, but his name was erased. He was probably Amasis (Ahmose II), a general who overthrew king Apries in 570 BC and reigned until 526 BC. Monuments bearing his name may have been deliberately damaged by the Persian rulers who took control of Egypt a year after his death. Tashereteneset wears a modius, a circular crown of cobras.
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Upper part of a statue of Tashereteneset
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