ABSTRACT
A number of fragmentary steatite figures of Amenhotep III and at least one of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye have survived from ancient Egypt. One group of these was worked in a light gray steatite and was then glazed and fired, in a manner similar to the commemorative scarabs from the same reign. The description and analysis of these glazed statuettes are the subject of the discussion here. The result of the investigation has produced a join for a head in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to a body in the Oriental Museum of Durham England. Study of the iconography, which is decidedly solar, leads ultimately to the source of these statuettes and their significance within the context of Amenhotep Ill's art production.
