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Colossal royal head
Colossal royal head
Colossal royal head
Artist :
Anonymous
Model :
Aakhéperka Rê ( Tuthmosis Ier)
Date : near 1500 B.C.
Material : Sandstone
British Museum
Egyptian sculpture
Ground Floor - Section 4
Item
42
on 62
Ancient Egypt
Sculpture (Tête)
Area related
Karnak
(
Egypte
)
Description
This head carved in the style of the early Eighteenth Dynasty probably represents king Thutmose I. It may have come from a series of statues of the king ranged along the side of a court in the temple of the god Amun-Ra at Karnak.
