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Egypt
Votive Statuette of the Deified Queen Ahmose-Nefertari
2746
Crafted during the New Kingdom, specifically within the Ramesside Period (Nineteenth to Twentieth Dynasty, circa 1292–1077 BCE).
Created as a communal votive and personal piety object for the workmen's village of Deir el-Medina, serving as an ancestral cult icon and divine intercessor for the deified queen who was intensely worshipped by the artisans of the Theban necropolis.
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