http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/961553/resize%3Aformat%3DfullHead of a queen, from a sphinx1897–1878 B.C.QuartziteThe sloping shoulders on this female head indicate that it comes from the figure of a sphinx. Although her name is not preserved, the uraeus (sacred cobra) at her brow indicates that she is a queen. Stylized eyes combined with subtle modeling around the mouth enable us to attribute her more precisely as Khnemetneferhedjetweret (Weret for short), chief wife of Senwosret II. The distinctive modeling of the queen’s mature face represents a milestone in the development of Middle Kingdom portraiture that reaches its culmination in the head of a nobleman shown nearby.Sculpture27.0000000000 Centimeter22.0000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/354969/rdf