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Source Description
This sculpture of a king has a helmet with a uraeus. It is broken off at the neck; the head of the uraeus is also lacking. Otherwise, the piece is well preserved; however, it is probably a forgery.
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Document identity
localId
15091
label
Head of a King
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
15091
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Head of a King
description
This sculpture of a king has a helmet with a uraeus. It is broken off at the neck; the head of the uraeus is also lacking. Otherwise, the piece is well preserved; however, it is probably a forgery.
provenance
Daguerre [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
306-30 BCE or modern (Ptolemaic or modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
figurines
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
Ptolemaic Dynasty (?)
med
black granite
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
405
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
f7c7fee64ec50b81
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
af79ec68d2148871
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no