Model of a Head of a King
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
MEDIUM
Limestone
DATES
664–525 B.C.E.
DYNASTY
Dynasty 26
PERIOD
Late Period, Saite Period
DIMENSIONS
5 9/16 x 3 7/8 x 2 3/16 in. (14.1 x 9.9 x 5.6 cm)
(show scale)
ACCESSION NUMBER
33.588
CREDIT LINE
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Limestone sculptor’s model of head of a king with the headdress surmounted by horns and the beginning of a sun disk. The work is in three quarters relief emerging from a flat background. On the sides, top and back of the slab the lines indicating the proportions have been marked. Only the body of the uraeus is worked out in the monarch’s forehead, the crest is not even indicated. The work is of good quality and clear cut. The face the fullness almost of a fatness that is so typical of the 26th Dynasty.
Condition: Object has been assembled from two pieces with considerable area of restoration across entire width through neck. Nose is restoration. The left side of the face, the mouth in particular, is chipped.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
CAPTION
Model of a Head of a King, 664–525 B.C.E. Limestone, 5 9/16 x 3 7/8 x 2 3/16 in. (14.1 x 9.9 x 5.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 33.588. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.33.588_view1.jpg)
IMAGE
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