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New Kingdom
This cobra head was perhaps once part of a frieze adorning a shrine, similar to the canopic shrine from the tomb of Tutankhamun. The eyes are painted black.
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Title: Cobra head
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: reign of Amenhotep III
Date: ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, West Valley of the Kings, Tomb of Amenhotep III (WV 22), Carnarvon/Carter excavations, 1915
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: L. 5.3 cm (2 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Accession Number: 26.7.1122
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