DJHUTMOSE

"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 in 1912 found a ruined house/studio complex in 1912; 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 found was the famous head of Nefertiti, apparently a master study for others to copy, which was found on the floor of a storeroom.

Further reading

• 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