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Yellow Jasper fragment of the face of a Queen dating to the reign of Akhenaten and (26.7.1396). The back of the head has the remains of a mortise for fitting into a statue body. A headdress would have fitting onto this piece. The subject can't be securely identified but it is thought to be of either Nefertiti or Kiya. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Amarna Artefacts. met_2007_0288


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