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|Description=''Small seated statue of [[w:Hatshepsut|Hatshepsut]]'', [[w:Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt]], c. 1503-1482 B.C., found at [[w:Deir el-Bahri|Deir el-Bahri]], [[w:Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]]. Black [[:en:granite]] sculpture at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].

|Description=''Small seated statue of [[w:Hatshepsut|Hatshepsut]]'', [[w:Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt|Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt]], c. 1503-1482 B.C., found at [[w:Deir el-Bahri|Deir el-Bahri]], [[w:Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]]. Black [[:en:granite]] sculpture at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City]].

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The small figure, which bears the royal ''nemes'' headdress and kilt worn by male Egyptian kings, was likely placed in a niche in Hatshepsut's funerary temple. It was possibly one of a pair of statues, as fragments of a similar statue have been found.
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The small figure, which bears the royal ''nemes'' headdress and shendyt worn by male Egyptian kings, was likely placed in a niche in Hatshepsut's funerary temple. It was possibly one of a pair of statues, as fragments of a similar statue have been found.

|Source=Digital photo by [[User:Postdlf]]

|Source=Digital photo by [[User:Postdlf]]

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