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Title/s | Basalt head |
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Name | |
Description | head of a priest. |
Production Notes | The shaved head indicates that the subject is a priest. Priests were required to shave all of their body hair before administering to the gods. This type of 'portrait' is now called an egg head because of the prominent shape of the skull. |
Field Collection | Egypt |
Dimensions |
length 15
cm |
Period | |
Date | circa 332 B.C. — 30 B.C. |
Provenance | bequeathed: Raphael, Oscar C. 1946 (Filtered for: Antiquities) |
Material/s | |
Accession Number | E.3.1946 (Antiquities) |
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