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Source Description
Once part of a temple statue, this head has the idealized facial features common to private sculptures since the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE. These features include rimmed eyes with thick lines in raised relief, full cheeks, and deep drilling at the corners of the mouth.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
15705
label
Idealized Head of an Egyptian Official
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
15705
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Idealized Head of an Egyptian Official
description
Once part of a temple statue, this head has the idealized facial features common to private sculptures since the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE. These features include rimmed eyes with thick lines in raised relief, full cheeks, and deep drilling at the corners of the mouth.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 200-150 BCE (Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
sculpture (visual works)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
17.5
height
11.2
depth
14.5
dimensionsRaw
6 7/8 x 4 7/16 x 5 11/16 in. (17.5 x 11.2 x 14.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
grandiorite
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
type
photo
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1bb1b04e25252297