Head of a goddess, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca. 1295–1270 B.C., From Egypt, quartzite, H. 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.), This head once belonged to the statue of an unidentified female deity. The gender is suggested by the lack of a beard, and the simple hairstyle points to the divine status of the subject: mortal women wore elaborately curled wigs at the time this piece was carved
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Head, goddess, New Kingdom, Ramesside, Dynasty 19, ca, 1295–1270 B.C, Egypt, quartzite, H, 16.2 cm, 6 3/8, head, statue, unidentified female, deity, gender, suggested, lack, beard, simple hairstyle, points, divine status, subject, mortal women, wore, elaborately, curled, wigs, time, piece, carved
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