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Source Description
This is the pouring element that would have been attached to a horn-shaped vessel for perfume or medicine. The head with curved nose, fleshy chin, and a plain wig is carefully carved. The head may represent a Syrian. The band around the back of the wig is unusual. This may be a mistake on the part of a non-Egyptian carver or it may represent the tie of a wig cover.
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Document identity
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27531
label
Head of a Syrian
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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2
Source metadata
id
27531
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Head of a Syrian
description
This is the pouring element that would have been attached to a horn-shaped vessel for perfume or medicine. The head with curved nose, fleshy chin, and a plain wig is carefully carved. The head may represent a Syrian. The band around the back of the wig is unusual. This may be a mistake on the part of a non-Egyptian carver or it may represent the tie of a wig cover.
provenance
[Said to be from the pyramids]; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1580-1085 BCE (New Kingdom)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
fragments
vessels
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2
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2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 in. (5.1 cm)
Source extras
med
hippopotamus ivory
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6182
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EGY
exhibition_ids
215
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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17420512530e8414
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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ff431cf90c6a9f91
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no
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no