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The Female Pharaoh Hatshepsut

The Female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. Dimensions: H. 170 × W. 41 × D. 90 cm, 620.5 kg (66 15/16 × 16 1/8 × 35 7/16 in., 1368 lb.) (as reassembled). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. Date: ca. 1479-1458 B.C..
This graceful, life-size statue depicts Hatshepsut in female attire, but she wears the nemes headcloth, a royal attribute usually reserved for the reigning king. In the columns of text inscribed beside her legs on the front of the throne, she has already adopted the throne name Maatkare, but her titles and epithets are still feminine. Thus, she is "Lady of the Two Lands" and "Bodily Daughter of Re." On the back of the throne, part of an enigmatic scene is preserved which probably consisted of two back-to-back goddesses. The goddess has the body of a pregnant hippopotamus with feline legs and a crocodile tail appears behind her legs. Although this resembles Taweret, the goddess who protects women and children, it is probably Ipi, a royal protector who appears in the same position on a statue of the Seventeenth Dynasty king Sebekemsaf I (ca. 1575 B.C.) in the British Museum.
In the early 1920s the Museum's Egyptian Expedition excavated numerous fragments of the statue near Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri in western Thebes. The torso, however, had been found in 1869 and was in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden. In 1998, the Leiden torso and the Met's portions of the statue were reunited for the first time since the original was destroyed in about 1460 B.C.  The statue now travels between the two Museums and is currently on view in Leiden until 2016.
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Título:
The Female Pharaoh Hatshepsut
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Traducción automática: La Faraona Femenina Hatshepsut. Dimensiones: H. 170 × W. 41 × D. 90 cm, 620,5 kg (66 15/16 × 16 1/8 × 35 7/16 in., 1368 lb.) (reensamblado). Dinastía: Dinastía 18. Reinado: Reinado conjunto de Hatshepsut y Thutmosis III. Fecha: ca. 1479-1458 a.C. Esta elegante estatua de tamaño natural representa a Hatshepsut con atuendo femenino, pero ella usa el tocado nemes, un atributo real generalmente reservado para el rey reinante. En las columnas de texto inscritas junto a sus piernas en la parte delantera del trono, ya ha adoptado el nombre de trono Maatkare, pero sus títulos y epítetos siguen siendo femeninos. Por lo tanto, ella es "Señora de las Dos Tierras" e "Hija Corporal de Re". En el reverso del trono se conserva parte de una enigmática escena que probablemente consistía en dos diosas adosadas. La diosa tiene el cuerpo de una hipopótamo preñada con patas felinas y detrás de sus piernas asoma una cola de cocodrilo. Aunque esto se parece a Taweret, la diosa que protege a las mujeres y los niños, es probable que sea Ipi, un protector real que aparece en la misma posición en una estatua del rey Sebekemsaf I de la XVII Dinastía (ca. 1575 a. C.) en el Museo Británico. A principios de la década de 1920, la expedición egipcia del museo excavó numerosos fragmentos de la estatua cerca del templo de Hatshepsut en Deir el-Bahri, en el oeste de Tebas. El torso, sin embargo, se había encontrado en 1869 y estaba en el Rijksmuseum van Oudheden de Leiden. En 1998, el torso de Leiden y las partes de la estatua del Met se reunieron por primera vez desde que el original fue destruido alrededor de 1460 a. C. La estatua ahora viaja entre los dos museos y actualmente se exhibe en Leiden hasta 2016.
The Female Pharaoh Hatshepsut. Dimensions: H. 170 × W. 41 × D. 90 cm, 620.5 kg (66 15/16 × 16 1/8 × 35 7/16 in., 1368 lb.) (as reassembled). Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: Joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. Date: ca. 1479-1458 B.C.. This graceful, life-size statue depicts Hatshepsut in female attire, but she wears the nemes headcloth, a royal attribute usually reserved for the reigning king. In the columns of text inscribed beside her legs on the front of the throne, she has already adopted the throne name Maatkare, but her titles and epithets are still feminine. Thus, she is "Lady of the Two Lands" and "Bodily Daughter of Re." On the back of the throne, part of an enigmatic scene is preserved which probably consisted of two back-to-back goddesses. The goddess has the body of a pregnant hippopotamus with feline legs and a crocodile tail appears behind her legs. Although this resembles Taweret, the goddess who protects women and children, it is probably Ipi, a royal protector who appears in the same position on a statue of the Seventeenth Dynasty king Sebekemsaf I (ca. 1575 B.C.) in the British Museum. In the early 1920s the Museum's Egyptian Expedition excavated numerous fragments of the statue near Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri in western Thebes. The torso, however, had been found in 1869 and was in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden. In 1998, the Leiden torso and the Met's portions of the statue were reunited for the first time since the original was destroyed in about 1460 B.C. The statue now travels between the two Museums and is currently on view in Leiden until 2016.
Técnica/material:
granite
Periodo:
NEW KINGDOM
Museo:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédito:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Tamaño imagen:
3276 x 4094 px | 38.4 MB
Tamaño impresión:
27.7 x 34.7 cm | 10.9 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)