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Queen Isis

Detail from the Statue of Isis, Mother of Tuthmoe III.

Queen Isis was a secondary wife of Tuthmose II and the mother of Tuthmose III. After his father's death, King Tuthmose III honored his mother by making this statue identifying the queen with the mother goddess Isis. He also gave her the epithets reserved for the great royal wives on the base of this statue.

18th dynasty, from Karnak.

JE 37417

Ground floor, room 12

 

Cairo Museum

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