EGYPTIAN MUSEUM - 8

One of my favourite cases - ground floor.


Nakhtmin and Wife

The damaged crystalline limestone head of generalissimo Nakhtmin would
have formed part of a double statue with his wife's figure which is at right.
Provenance unknown; bought around 1897.
New Kingdom - late 18th Dynasty.



Nakhtmin Nakhtmin's Wife

Left: Nakhtmin's head, height - 34 cm.
Right: Nakhtmin's wife, height - 85 cm.
Unfortunately we don't know the name of Nakhtmin's
wife who is shown wearing a very heavy wig.



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