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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Myra Wysinger: [QB] [b]Head From a Royal Statute[/b] Sandstone From Gebel Barkal, Temple B 500, room B 514 Harvard University-MFA Boston Expedition, 1916, field no. 16-4-286 Meroitic, beginning of the Christian era Boston, Museum of Fine Arts 24.1797 [IMG]http://wysinger.homestead.com/queen99.jpg[/IMG] This head was excavated in 1916, but only rediscovered in a storage magazine in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 1989. Of exemplary artistic quality, it makes a welcome addition to the corpus of Meroitic art. Traces of Egyptian blue are still preserved on the once inlaid eyes; the face appears to have been gilded. Above the brow a depression meant to take a uraeus is visible. The distinctive cheekbones and full lips give the face its "African" appearance. The findspot, directly in front of the sanctuaries of Great Amun Temple at Gebel Barka, support then statue's original locate" innermost temple area. This portion of the temple was restored by Natakamani and Amanitore beginning of the Christian era, and stylistic criteria point to a date in this period for the head. It is likely, then, that either King Natakame or Amanitore, great builders in several cities in the kingdom of Meroe, is represented in this extraordinary portrait. -- T. Kendall From Meroe, town; Building KC 104 Excavations of the University of Calgary and the University of Khartoum (P. Shinnie) 1976, field no. 6682 Meroitic Khartoum, National Museum 24556 [IMG]http://wysinger.homestead.com/headd.jpg[/IMG] The hairstyle identifies this head as a female who, to judge from the over-life-size format, may have belonged to the royal family. The beard support at the chin is not unexpected, since Meroitic queens often wore the ceremonial beard as an emblem of their royal status. With its bulging eyes and full lips, the head belongs stylistically in the first to second century A.D. Additional clues may be expected from the forthcoming excavation report. -- T. Kendall [/QB][/QUOTE]
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