Statue

E14370

Location: On Display in the Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display

From: Egypt | Karnak (uncertain)

Curatorial Section: Egyptian

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Object Number E14370
Current Location Ancient Egypt: Discovery to Display - On Display
Provenience Egypt | Karnak (uncertain)
Period New Kingdom | Eighteenth Dynasty | Tuthmosis III
Date Made 1479-1425 BCE
Section Egyptian
Materials Granite | Quartz Monzonite
Iconography King | Tuthmosis III?
Description

Red granite head of a king, probably Thutmosis III, wearing the white crown. Broken from a monumental statue. The large eyes, arched eyebrows and thin slightly upcurved lips are typical features of Thutmosis III portraiture.

Height 53 cm
Width 25 cm
Depth 40.64 cm
Credit Line Purchased from D. G. Kelekian, 1926

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