artpedia: Seated Statue of Hatshepsut, 1473–1458 B.C.Indurated limestone and paint From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC: Hatshepsut, the most successful of several female rulers of ancient Egypt, declared herself king sometime between years 2 and 7 of the reign of her stepson and nephew, Thutmose III. She adopted the full titulary of a pharaoh, including the throne name Maatkare, which is the name most frequently found on her monuments. Her throne name and her personal name, Hatshepsut, are both written in cartouches making them easy to recognize. This life-size statue shows Hatshepsut in the ceremonial attire of an Egyptian pharaoh, traditionally a man’s role. In spite of the masculine dress, the statue has a distinctly feminine air, unlike most other representations of Hatshepsut as ruler. Even the kingly titles on the sides of the throne are feminized to read “the Perfect Goddess, Lady of the Two Lands (Upper and Lower Egypt)” and “Bodily Daughter of Re (the sun god).”Traces of blue pigment are visible in some of the hieroglyphs on the front of the statue and a small fragment on the back of the head shows that the pleats of the nemes headcloth were originally painted with alternating blue and yellow.
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