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"The King's Favourite and Master of Works, the Sculptor Djhutmose" was apparently the court sculptor of Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten. A German archaelogical expedition digging in the deserted city of Amarna found a ruined house/studio complex during their 1912 campaign; the building was identified as Djhutmose's based on a item with his name and job title on it found in a rubbish pit in the building's courtyard. Since it gave his occupation as "sculptor", and the building was clearly a sculpture workshop, it seemed a logical connection.Among many other sculptural items recovered at the same time was the famous head of Nefertiti, apparently a master study for others to copy, which was found on the floor of a storeroom.
Bibliography
- Cyril Aldred, Akhenaten: King of Egypt (Thames and Hudson, 1988), pp. 59
- Rita E. Freed, Yvonne J. Markowitz, Sue H. D'Auria, Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten - Nefertiti - Tutankhamen (Museum of Fine Arts, 1999), pp. 123-126
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