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Source Description
This head is carved in the round. It is broken off below the neck. The man's hair is in rows of rectangles. His ears are carved.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
5630
label
Head of a Man
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
5630
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Head of a Man
description
This head is carved in the round. It is broken off below the neck. The man's hair is in rows of rectangles. His ears are carved.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as 18th Dynasty, from the Pyramids]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
664-525 BCE (Late Period; Saite)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
figurines
statuettes
sculpture
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
inscriptions
[Number] On old label: B 270
dynasty
26th Dynasty
med
black granite
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
5333b31988016995