Head of a Priest

late 4th-late 1st century BCE or modern (Ptolemaic or modern) H: 12 in. (30.5 cm) Citation

This carved and polished head is shaved and rount on the top. There is a stele at the back. The piece may be a forgery.

Sculpture

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contentType	contentType sculpture
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provenance	provenance Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as found at the pyramids]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
rightsUri	rightsUri CC0
language	language en
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Source image fields (2)

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sourceUrl	https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.414

Culture

Egyptian

Medium

black granite

Genre

statues sculpture

createdBy

Egyptian

inCollection

Ancient Egypt and Nubia