Head of a God ca. 1429–1400 New Kingdom The style of this head is similar to a statue in the temple of Karnak that depicts Amenhotep II with a god. Both works may have been part of a series of statues representating gods that were commissioned by the king for his jubilee festibal or "heb-sed." The king's grandson, Amenhotep III also commissioned a series of divine statues for his own jubilee. For examples of these, see and Head of a God. ca. 1429–1400 White Limestone. New Kingdom. From Egypt; Probably from Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18

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