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Sacred boat of Mutemuia
Sacred boat of Mutemuia
Artist : Anonymous

Model : Hathor
Relationship with : Moutemouia

Date : near 1400 B.C.

Dimensions : 225 cm x 11 cm
Material : Granite
XVIIIème dynastie
British Museum
Egyptian sculpture
Ground Floor - Section 4
Item 18 on 62
Ancient Egypt
Sculpture (Modèle)

Area related
Karnak (Egypte)



Description   

This model of a ceremonial boat is decorated at the front and back with heads of the goddess Hathor, and once bore a seated statue of Mutemuia, the wife of Tuthmosis IV and mother of Amenophis III. The names of her son are inscribed above the Hathor-heads.
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