"The King's Favourite and Master of Works, the Sculptor Thutmose" (also spelled Djhutmose and Thutmosis) was apparently the court sculptor of EgyptianPharaohAkhenaten in the latter part of his reign. A German archaeological expedition digging in the deserted city of Amarna found a ruined house/studio complex during its 1912 excavations; the building was identified as Thutmose's based on an item found in a rubbish pit in the courtyard that had his name and job title on it. Since it gave his occupation as "sculptor" and the building was clearly a sculpture workshop, it seemed a logical connection. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (503x747, 95 KB) Bust of Nefertiti from Egyptian Museum Berlin. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (503x747, 95 KB) Bust of Nefertiti from Egyptian Museum Berlin. ... Bust of Nefertiti, Ägyptisches Museum The Egyptian Museum of Berlin (German: Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung) is home to one of the worlds most important collections of Ancient Egyptian artefacts. ... Thutmose (also rendered Thutmosis, Tutmose, Tutmosis, Thothmes, Tuthmosis, etc. ... Pharaoh (Arabic Ùرعون ) (Hebrew פַּרְעֹה ); is a title used to refer to the kings (of godly status) in ancient Egypt. ... Bust of Pharaoh Akhenaten. ... Amarna (commonly known as el-Amarna) is the name given to an extensive archaeological site that represents the remains of the capital city built by the Pharaoh Akhenaten of the late Eighteenth Dynasty (c. ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... A sculpture is a three-dimensional, man-made object selected for special recognition as art. ...
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. Bust of Nefertiti from Berlins Altes Museum. ...
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
Thutmose (also rendered Thutmosis, Tuthmose, Tutmosis, Thothmes, Tuthmosis, Djhutmose, etc.) is the name conventionally given to several Egyptian pharaohs of the 18th Dynasty, an Anglicization of the Egyptian name "Djehuty-mes", usually translated as "Born of the god Thoth":
Although Egyptologists preferred the Greek Manethonian spelling "Thutmosis" at an earlier time in the history of the discipline, more recent usage has tended towards the 'compromise' spelling of "Thutmose", as used in this article.
A relatively common name at this period, Thutmose is also the name of several prominent non-royal ancient Egyptians, including Akhenaten's court sculptor at Amarna, to whom is attributed the famous Berlin bust of Nefertiti.
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