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| Designated simply "19th Dynasty", this dyad exemplifies how a sculptor could cannily render a portrait of the sovereign, in this instance surely Seti I, as the face of both husband and wife--but with some variance. Here we see, again, the splayed nostrils, depressed philtrum and large eyes of the pharaoh, which appear to go beyond where eyes in other statues tend to go--in other words, a modified version of the "wrap-around" look. One should also note that, in the reign of Seti I, the feminine wig that enveloped the shoulders, as in the 18th Dynasty, was still in evidence. However, in Ramesside times, there was the addition of two braids of hair suspended on opposite sides of the face. I would deem it characteristic of this reign, also, that the female in a dyad would be shown with one long-sleeved arm lying on her lap and the other around the back of the male. GO TO NEXT IMAGE |