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Plaster head of a youthful woman

Amarna, house P.47.2
Reign of Akhenaten,
1353 - 1336 B.C
Plaster;
h. 27.5 cm, w. 16.5 cm, d. 13 cm Agyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin

The more idealizing plaster heads from Thutmose's workshop represent members of the royal family and were probably models to be copied in stone. This head depicts an unidentified royal woman.