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New Kingdom
This head belonged to one of the colossal mummiform (Osiride) statues that once decorated the portico of the upper terrace of Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri. For a better preserved example, see 31.3.156.
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Title: Head from an Osiride Statue
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Date: ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Senenmut Quarry, in hole, MMA excavations, 1926–28
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: H. 100 cm (39 3/8 in)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1931
Accession Number: 31.3.158
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