Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Bust of Queen Merit-Amun
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Accession Number:
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102061
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Order Title:
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History of Costume and Fashion (102059-103548)
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Type of View:
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front
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View Title:
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view of front showing side hair pulled forward and finished with a gold band with double uraeus
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Image Rights:
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copyrighted
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Source Institution:
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NCSU Libraries
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Collection:
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Design Library Image Collection
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Culture:
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Egyptian
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Subject:
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queens (people)
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Subject:
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crowns (headdresses)
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Subject:
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hairstyles
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Subject:
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headdresses
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Subject:
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diadems
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Work Types:
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Art; sculpture (visual works)
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Preferred Title:
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Bust of Queen Merit-Amun
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Agent Display:
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Unknown (Egyptian)
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Date:
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1292-1225 BCE (creation)
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Materials:
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painted limestone
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Alternate Title:
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Head Wife of Ramesses II
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Locations:
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Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Cairo, Egypt
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Location Type:
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(repository)
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Style/Period:
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Egyptian (ancient)
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Style/Period:
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New Kingdom (Egyptian)
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Style/Period:
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Nineteenth Dynasty
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Classification:
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Sculpture
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