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Source Description

This head of a queen is carved in the round and broken off at the neck. She has long hair, divided over her shoulders. The uraeus has been removed from her forehead.

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Document identity
localId
31003
label
Head of a Queen
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
31003
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Head of a Queen
description
This head of a queen is carved in the round and broken off at the neck. She has long hair, divided over her shoulders. The uraeus has been removed from her forehead.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
2119-1793 BCE (?) (Middle Kingdom (?))
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
figurines
statuettes
sculpture
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
med
brownish granite
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
ffa7a7c18a5fedac