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An Egyptian Royal Portrait Head in the Collection of the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University

This thesis discusses a small, red granite, Egyptian royal portrait head in the collection of the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta, Georgia. The head is determined to be a fragment from a group depicting the king in front of the monumental figure of a divine animal, probably a ram or baboon. Scholars have attributed the head to the reigns of various New Kingdom pharaohs, including Horemheb and Seti I, but on more careful examination its style demonstrates that it dates to the reign of Ramesses II (1304-1237 B.C.).

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:GEORGIA/oai:digitalarchive.gsu.edu:art_design_theses-1030
Date18 July 2008
CreatorsBryson, Karen Margaret
PublisherDigital Archive @ GSU
Source SetsGeorgia State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceArt and Design Theses

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