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Source Description
This human face has eyes and eyebrows that are hollow for inlay. The top is cut off roughly. The back is smooth. There are two holes in the back for attachment, and an extention below the chin with a hole through it for attachment.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
12887
label
Head Fragment from a Sarcophagus
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
12887
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Head Fragment from a Sarcophagus
description
This human face has eyes and eyebrows that are hollow for inlay. The top is cut off roughly. The back is smooth. There are two holes in the back for attachment, and an extention below the chin with a hole through it for attachment.
provenance
Rev. William MacGregor, Tamworth, Staffordshire, by 1922; Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 26-29 and July 4-6, 1922, p. 74, no. 586; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 746-335 BCE (Late Period)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
fragments
mummy cases
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 7 11/16 in. (19.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
med
wood with green paste inlay
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
55dfbfabbac33133