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Source Description
The king wears the royal "nemes" head cloth adorned with a coiled uraeus serpent on the brow. A confident smile, crisply defined eyes, and a sense of detachment and self-satisfaction are common in the facial features of Ptolemaic Period sculptures.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
256
label
Head of King
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
256
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Head of King
description
The king wears the royal "nemes" head cloth adorned with a coiled uraeus serpent on the brow. A confident smile, crisply defined eyes, and a sense of detachment and self-satisfaction are common in the facial features of Ptolemaic Period sculptures.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
late 4th-late 1st century BCE (Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
figurines
statuettes
sculpture
models
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.9
height
5.8
depth
5
dimensionsRaw
3 1/16 x 2 1/4 x 1 15/16 in. (7.9 x 5.8 x 5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
carved limestone
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
2d10e507c07dbd3e