Image code: 31936

Two of the eight princesses performing libations for the sed feast of Amenhotep III

The detail shows two of the eight princesses performing libations with spouted vessels on the occasion of the First Jubilee (heb sed) of Amenhotep III. They are the children of foreign rulers who grew up in the pharaoh's court. They wear the typical transparent dress of the time. The princesses have an undecorated rectangle or mortar on their heads. Each of them performs libations using a vessel shown here in two different styles.

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