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| | SOTA- Bright Blue Faience Cup for Queen Twosret |
 | | Description: of cylindrical form tapering towards base and slightly flared offset rim and foot, inscribed with hieroglyphic text in fl glaze in two columns, including the cartouche for the female Pharaoh Twosret; "Mistress of the Two Lands, Sit-Re Meri(t)-amun, [beloved] of Osiris lord of Rostau". |
 | | Background: Following the death of her husband Seti II in 1194 BC, Twosret eventually took the throne for herself, declaring herself queen and using the full pharaonic titles as Hatshepsut had done some 300 years earlier. |
 | | During her short two year reign, she sent out expeditions to Sinai and Palestine and built a beautifully decorated tomb in the Valley of the Kings that was later usurped by Setnakhte, first king of the 20th dynasty. |
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