Queen Tiye wearing a Hathor headdress

Medinet el-Gurob Reign of Akhenaten, 1353 - 1336 B.C.
Yew and acacia woods, silver, gold, linen, glass
h. 22.5 cm, w. 7.6 cm, d. 7.9 cm
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin

In this highly individualized sculpture, the elderly queen wears the tall feather crown worn by the goddess Hathor. Like her husband, Amenhotep III, the queen was declared a deity later in life and played an important role in the reigns of her spouse and son.