Queen Ahmose, Mother of Hatshepsut New KingdomThebes (Deir el-Bahri), Egypt
Description
Object Label: Hatshepsut supported her right to rule by claiming to be the daughter of the god Amun, who visited her mother, Queen Ahmose, in the form of King Thutmose I. Ahmose’s role in this royal myth explains the prominence of her images in Hatshepsut’s funerary temple at Deir el-Bahri. This fragmentary head of Ahmose was the work of one of Hatshepsut’s best sculptors, who indicated the subject’s maturity by carving a slight double chin. The headdress was later scored with a chisel, perhaps in preparation for repainting. Caption: Queen Ahmose, Mother of Hatshepsut, ca. 1478–1458 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 5 × 9 × 1 1/4 in., 1.5 lb. (12.7 × 22.9 × 3.2 cm, 0.68kg). Brooklyn Museum, Anonymous gift in memory of Arthur W. Clement, 57.76.2.
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Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 57.76.2 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3634 tier-2
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