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Statuette of
Henutnakhtu
JE 6056 (CG 804) Cairo Antiquity Museum
Material: Wood Prepared
for Gilding
Size: Height 22.5 cm
Location: Saqqara
Excavation: A. Mariette's Excavations of 1859
Period: Late 18th Dynasty (Late 14th Century BC)
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This is an extraordinarily graceful statue from the
Eighteenth Dynasty, and is arguably one of the finest
such small statues of this period. Note that the face,
surmounted by a heavy three part wig, is slightly large
in proportion to the rest of the figure. The robe has
just one sleeve with the left arm held at her side bare.
This statue would have served as part of Henutakhtu's
funerary assemblage.
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