Hathor head

Head of Hathor in blue-glazed faience with face moulded in the round on one side with eyes and headdress outlined in dark blue/black paint. The back of the head is not modelled, being plain and slightly curved. Broken, possibly from a small votive imitation sistrum or possibly from the rim of a vessel with Hathor heads. From North Court, through which was causeway to Tuthmosis III temple.

Head of Hathor in blue-glazed faience with face moulded in the round on one side with eyes and headdress outlined in dark blue/black paint. The back of the head is not modelled, being plain and slightly curved. Broken, possibly from a small votive imitation sistrum or possibly from the rim of a vessel with Hathor heads. From North Court, through which was causeway to Tuthmosis III temple.

Object Hathor head
Provenance Deir el-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt
Site Mentuhotep II Temple
Period Dynasty XVIII
Material Faience (Blue-glazed)
Subject Egyptology
Ref. No 1904.48:09
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