akhenatenator
EA 775
Upper part of a statue of Tashereteneset. Granodiorite, Twenty-sixth Dynasty, about 560 BC. Provenance unknown. The inscription on the back pillar indicates that Tashereteneset was the mother of a king, but his name has been erased. He was probably Amasis (Ahmose II), a general who overthrew king Apries in 570 BC and reigned until 526 BC. Monuments bearing his name may have been deliberately damaged by the Persian rulers who took control of Egypt a year after his death. Tashereteneset wears a 'modius', a circular crown of cobras. (British Museum)
EA 775
Upper part of a statue of Tashereteneset. Granodiorite, Twenty-sixth Dynasty, about 560 BC. Provenance unknown. The inscription on the back pillar indicates that Tashereteneset was the mother of a king, but his name has been erased. He was probably Amasis (Ahmose II), a general who overthrew king Apries in 570 BC and reigned until 526 BC. Monuments bearing his name may have been deliberately damaged by the Persian rulers who took control of Egypt a year after his death. Tashereteneset wears a 'modius', a circular crown of cobras. (British Museum)