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Source Description
This piece is carved in the round, and depicts the head of Amun. His eyes are to be inlayed, and his beard is to be attached. He wears a cap. There is a hole in the top for the insertion of a plume. At the back is a stele with an inscription.
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Document identity
localId
22884
label
Head from a Statuette of Amun
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
22884
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Head from a Statuette of Amun
description
This piece is carved in the round, and depicts the head of Amun. His eyes are to be inlayed, and his beard is to be attached. He wears a cap. There is a hole in the top for the insertion of a plume. At the back is a stele with an inscription.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
n.d.
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
figurines
statuettes
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Translation] Amon-Re
lord of the thrones [of the Two Lands]... [From Steindorff 1946
p. 118]
med
hard reddish stone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
320179d8a99b3a21
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no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
4191604bafac98e2
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no