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| Queen Tiye |
Queen Tiye
is shown wearing a heavy thick hair wig that leaves her ears exposed. This wig
is surmounted with the vulture cap, as the vulture's head appears on her
forehead flanked by two cobras, but the
vulture's beak is now broken. Thus, the queen is protected by the great patron
goddesses, the vulture-goddess "Nekhbet"
(Nhbt) of Upper Egypt and the
cobra-goddess "Wadjet" {W3dt}
of Lower Egypt. The vulture is surmounted with tlie
White, Crown of Upper Egypt, while the two cobras are surmounted with th&.Red..CrowiL of Lower Egypt.
*The
facial features:
The queen
is represented, with her
characteristic facial features, which show some Influence of the Amama style
of art. This indicates that this head was probably carved during the latter
period of her life.
She is shown with an oval face with curved eyebrows, narrow almond-shaped
eyes, thin nose, high cheekbones, and broad
mouth with fleshy lips.
Stylistically^ this portrait belongs
to" the end of the reign of King Amenhotep III, and introduces an artistic
tradition, which was to be embraced by the Amama Period.
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