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Double Portrait of Senemut

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Double Portrait of Senemut, Early 18th Dynasty, joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III (1479-1458 B.C.)

© The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Double Portrait of Senemut, Early 18th Dynasty, joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III (1479-1458 B.C.).
Painted limestone.
H. 10 cm (4 in.), W. 17 cm (6 3/4 in.).
Anonymous Gift, 1931 (31.4.2.).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The painted double image of Senemut on this ostracon, a stone chip used for sketching, is presumably from the area near his chapel in Deir el-Bahri.
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