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Plaster model: E.GA.4555.1943

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Current Location: Gallery 20

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Description

Isis bust. Representing Tiye, the mother of Akhenaten, who was an important figure in the Amarna royal court.

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)

Dating

Eighteenth Dynasty
Circa -1352 - Circa 1336

Materials used in production

Plaster

Techniques used in production

Moulded

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.GA.4555.1943
Primary reference Number: 59006
Oldadmincategory: M
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 12 December 2023

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

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