Egyptian head of Queen Nefertari

An image of Figure/statue. Head of queen Nefertari, the principal wife of Ramesses II. She wears two conbras instead of one to indicate her status amongst the other wives of the King. She also wears the sun disk and cow's horns of the goddess Hathor. Find Spot: Temple of Hathor, Serabit el Kadim, Egypt (Sinai). Quartzite, carved, length 25 cm, circa 1279-circa 1213 B.C. New Kingdom. Nineteenth Dynasty. Reign of Ramesses II.

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Figure/statue. Head of queen Nefertari, the principal wife of Ramesses II. She wears two conbras instead of one to indicate her status amongst the other wives of the King. She also wears the sun disk and cow's horns of the goddess Hathor. Find Spot: Temple of Hathor, Serabit el Kadim, Egypt (Sinai). Quartzite, carved, length 25 cm, circa 1279-circa 1213 B.C. New Kingdom. Nineteenth Dynasty. Reign of Ramesses II.

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Accession Number: E.4.1905
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Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
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Image width: 767 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 452.59kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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Ancient Egypt antiquity BC carved Egyptian female figure head head-dress headdress Nefertari Meritmut New Kingdom quartzite queen Queen Nefertari Ramesses II royal sculpture statue wife woman

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