Object Number | E9218 |
Current Location | Collections Storage |
Provenience | Egypt | Abydos |
Locus | D 11 |
Period | Late Period | Twenty-Sixth Dynasty (uncertain) |
Date Made | 664 - 525 BCE |
Section | Egyptian |
Materials | Limestone | Pigment |
Iconography | Sculptor's Model |
Description | Head of a statue or sculptor's model. The presence of gilding on the face, head and right ear may indicate its use as statuary. It depicts a rather roughly done head and neck of a royal figure. The king wears a ureaus at his brow. The eyes are inlaid with glass eyes made with black, blue and white glass. |
Credit Line | Distribution from the Egypt Exploration Fund, 1900 |
Other Number | AES 1907 - Other Number |
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