Head From a Shabti (Funerary Figurine) of Queen Tiye
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, Reign of Akhenaten (about 1352–1336 BCE)
Ancient Egyptian
Egypt
The form of the crown, full lips, down-turned edges of the mouth and almond-shaped eyes identify this fragment as Queen Tiye. She was the influential wife of pharaoh Amunhotep III. This head may originally have come from a statuette made during the reign of her son, Akhenaten.
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster) with traces of pigment