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Colossal royal head

Colossal royal head





Artist : Anonymous


Date : near 1500 B.C.

Material : Sandstone
British Museum
Egyptian sculpture
Ground Floor - Section 4
Item 42 on 62
Ancient Egypt
Sculpture

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.
Colossal royal head
Anonyme
Aakhéperka Rê (Thoutmôsis Ier)