Head from a royal statue. 대영박물관(The British Museum). 런던(London)

Head from a royal statue. 대영박물관(The British Museum).

런던(London). 영국(England)

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The later New Kingdom

 

Head from a royal statue

18th Dynasty, about 1420 BC

From Thebes, Temple of Karnak

 

This damaged head of an unknown king wears the royal headcloth called a nemes. The style suggests a date in the mid to late 18th Dynasty, around 1420 BC.

 

Granodiorite.

 

Royal temple statues

Sculptures of kings in Egyptian temples emphasised both their royal authority and devotion to the gods. Many of the statues were large enough to act as architectural features, complementing the colonnades and gateways of temples. They were often set up in pairs or larger groups, distributed around the axis of the building. Most sculptures were originally painted in lifelike colours, even over hard stone.

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