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Face of Senwosret III Middle Kingdom

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 26.7.1394. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 26.7.1394
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 12
Reign: reign of Senwosret III
Date: ca. 1878–1840 B.C.
Date range: 1878 BCE – 1840 BCE
Materials: ['red quartzite']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Face of Senwosret III (26.7.1394). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/390

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Head, Senwosret III; 12th-Dyn-King. Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, reign of Senwosret III, ca. 1878–1840 B.C. Red quartzite. H. 16.5 × W. 12.6 × D. 11.4 cm (6 1/2 × 4 15/16 × 4 1/2 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Kings, Faces, Men, Portraits, MK-Kings. Credit: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926.

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Wikidata-Q Q29385767 tier-1
Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
Inventory-Number 26.7.1394 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
MET-Object 544184 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)

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