Large Seated Statue of Hatshepsut..Egypt, dynasty 18, joint rule of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III..From Thebes, originally from Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri, excavated in fragments mostly toward the east end of the quarry, but some were also picked up in the temple courts and the area north of temple; MMA excavations, 1926-27....The entirely male appearance of the female pharaoh in this and most of the other works from the temple is mainly a matter decorum. The statues represented, after all, the pharaoh, not an individual holder of the office. That there was no attempt made to hide Hatshepset's true gender is shown by the inscription on this figure and most of the other statue from Deir el-Bahri. Here she is called "the daughter of Re" on the proper left side of the throne.
