Ask the Scholar
Document scope · 1 page
Scholar
Ask about this object, its catalog metadata, its source description, or the page inventory.
For page-specific OCR and visual context, open one of the page chats.
Source Description
This male head is carved in the round. The piece is from a group. There is an inscribed stele at the back; the inscription is partially erased and illegible.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
3352
label
Male Head and Bust from a Group
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3352
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Male Head and Bust from a Group
description
This male head is carved in the round. The piece is from a group. There is an inscribed stele at the back; the inscription is partially erased and illegible.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as Upper Egyptian]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
2119-1793 BCE (Middle Kingdom)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
statuettes (statues)
sculpture
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 3 1/4 in. (8.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
med
black basalt
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
9f3ae313a0bc65f7