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Sacred boat of Queen Mutemwia   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Sacred boat of Queen Mutemwia
Object type sculpture
object_type QS:P31,Q860861
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From Thebes, Temple of Karnak. Sculpture of a ceremonial boat, it carried a statue of Queen Mutemwia. Part of the statue's head is also in the British Museum. Mutemwia means ‘the goddess Mut in the boat’. The back of the statue is carved with vulture wings. Mut is shown as a vulture, so the sculpture is a visual pun on the queen's name.
Date 18. dynasty, about 1400 BC
Medium granodiorite
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Accession number
EA 43
Source/Photographer Own work, Photo by Szilas in the British Museum, 2010-07-30

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