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Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art: Female Ancestral Bust

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Female Ancestral Bust

Medium: Pottery, painted
Possible Place Collected: Dayr al-Madinah, Egypt
Dates: ca. 1539-1190 B.C.E.
Dynasty: XVIII Dynasty-XIX Dynasty
Period: New Kingdom
Dimensions: 6 5/16 x 3 x 2 5/16 in. (16 x 7.6 x 5.8 cm)
Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 61.49
Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Image: Overall, 61.49_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2007

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