Head of a Queen Wearing a Vulture Headdress

Unknown

ca. 1550–1479 B.C. · Limestone, paint · Egyptian Art

This serene looking queen’s rank is identified by the vulture headdress she wears, although its head now missing. Her delicate features and slightly elongated head indicate that she must date before the Tuthmoside period, but parallels are scarce. It is difficult to identify where in the prior one hundred or so years before that family’s rule begins she belongs. Given the damage to the back of the statue, the queen seems to have been attached to another element now missing.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1550–1479 B.C.

Medium

Limestone, paint

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020