Detail View: The AMICA Library: Head of Queen Tiye

AMICA ID: 
AIC_.1892.232
AMICA Library Year: 
1999
Object Type: 
Sculpture
Creator Name: 
Unknown
Creator Nationality: 
African; North African; Egyptian
Creator Dates/Places: 
Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Creator Name-CRT: 
Egyptian
Title: 
Head of Queen Tiye
Title Type: 
preferred
View: 
front view
Creation Date: 
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaten (c. 1353-1336 B.C.)
Creation Start Date: 
-1386
Creation End Date: 
-1349
Materials and Techniques: 
Alabaster with pigment
Subject Description: 
The fragmentary head from a small statue probably depicts Queen Tiye. The double uraeui, the sacred cobras, attached to a fillet circling the heavy wig denote royalty, but were rarely shown on a queen's image. Queen Tiye was the powerful wife of Amunhotep III, father of the heretical pharaoh Akhenaten.
Creation Place: 
Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Dimensions: 
H.: 7.3 cm (2-7/8 in.); W.: 5.7 cm (2-1/4 in.)
AMICA Contributor: 
The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: 
Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 
1892.232
Credit Line: 
The Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris
Rights: 
Related Image Identifier Link: 
AIC_.E28709.TIF