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Statue: E.GA.2303.1943

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Current Location: Gallery 20

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Statue

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Description

Representing the principal royal wife, Nefertiti, or a princess (Amarna), head

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty
New Kingdom
Circa -1352 - Circa -1336

Materials used in production

Sandstone or limestone

Techniques used in production

Carved

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Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.2303.1943
Primary reference Number: 56694
Oldadmincategory: SU
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 24 November 2025 Last processed: Monday 24 November 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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