Statuette of Queen AHMOSE-NEFERTARI (Illustration)

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 21 March 2016

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Statuette of Queen AHMOSE-NEFERTARI — This is the upper part of steatite figurine of queen AHMOSE-NEFERTARI, the patroness of the Theban Necropolis. She wears the vulture headdress. From Egypt, precise provenance of excavation is unknown. 19th Dynasty, circa 1292 to 1187 BCE. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London (with thanks to The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, March 21). Statuette of Queen AHMOSE-NEFERTARI. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4711/statuette-of-queen-ahmose-nefertari/

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