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title: Osiride Heads of Hatshepsut
author: Elsie McLaughlin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6873/osiride-heads-of-hatshepsut/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Osiride Heads of Hatshepsut

_Authored by [Elsie McLaughlin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/theegyptgeek/)_

## Image File

[![Osiride Heads of Hatshepsut](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6873.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/6873.jpg)

## Image Caption

This image shows three painted heads of the female [pharaoh](https://www.worldhistory.org/pharaoh/) Maatkare [Hatshepsut](https://www.worldhistory.org/hatshepsut/), each originally part of a full-body osiride statue. Here, the female pharaoh appears as the [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/) [Osiris](https://www.worldhistory.org/osiris/) (presumably in mummified form), with her orange skin tone a blend between the red ochre paint typically used on men, and the pale yellow complexion of an [Egyptian](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Egyptian/) woman. (c. 1479-1458 BCE, the Metropolitan Museum of Art).

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## About the Author

Elsie McLaughlin is an aspiring Egyptologist, whose areas of interest include the Amarna Period, gender, female kingship, and the history of the early New Kingdom, as well as the relationship between royal women & warfare in the New Kingdom.

## Cite This Work

### APA
McLaughlin, E. (2017, July 08). Osiride Heads of Hatshepsut. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6873/osiride-heads-of-hatshepsut/>
### Chicago
McLaughlin, Elsie. "Osiride Heads of Hatshepsut." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 08, 2017. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6873/osiride-heads-of-hatshepsut/>.
### MLA
McLaughlin, Elsie. "Osiride Heads of Hatshepsut." *World History Encyclopedia*, 08 Jul 2017, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/6873/osiride-heads-of-hatshepsut/>.

## License & Copyright

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