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sculpture
Object Type
sculpture
Museum number
EA43,a
Description
Part of the face and modius from a granodiorite sculpture of Queen Mutemwia enthroned aboard a barque.
Cultures/periods
18th Dynasty
Production date
1400BC
(circa)
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Karnak (Thebes)
, Temple
Materials
granodiorite
Dimensions
Length:
15.50 centimetres
(max)
Width:
10.50 centimetres
(max)
Bibliographic references
Hall 1925 / Hieroglyphic texts from Egyptian stelae, etc., in the British Museum, Part 7.
(pl.6)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 1995 Feb-May, Atlanta, Emory University, Reflections of Women in the New Kingdom
Condition
incomplete - top of head only
Associated names
Representation of:
Mutemwia
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Somerset Lowry-Corry, 2nd Earl of Belmore
Acquisition date
1843
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA43,a
Registration number
.43.a
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
BS.43
(Birch Slip Number)
Miscellaneous number:
EA1434
(former registration number)
Conservation
Treatment
: 23 Dec 1993
Treatment
: 20 Feb 2015